Birds, Beasts and Relatives (The Corfu Trilogy Book 2)

Birds, Beasts and Relatives (The Corfu Trilogy Book 2)

<DIV><B>The follow-up to <I>My Family and Other Animals </I>and the inspiration for <I>The Durrells in Corfu</I>: A naturalist’s memoir of his family’s time on a Greek island.</B><BR /><BR /> In the years before World War II, Gerald Durrell’s family left the gloomy shores of England for the sun-drenched island of Corfu. Against this picturesque backdrop, Durrell fondly recalls his family’s disorderly household and outrageous antics, including their interactions with locals of both human and animal varieties.<BR />  <BR /> After a boyhood spent studying zoology and acquiring the island’s exotic insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, and sea creatures as pets, Durrell’s budding naturalism would later bloom into a passion for conservation that would last a lifetime.<BR />  <BR /> Filled with clever observations, amusing anecdotes, and childlike wonder, <I>Birds, Beasts and Relatives</I> is half nature guide, half coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir.<BR />  <BR /><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.</I><BR />  </DIV>