Zoo Memoirs Series
2 primary works
Book 1
The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty beef.' Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members... and nowhere to put them
Book 2
Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in the Argentine, Durrell searches for additions to his private zoo.