https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/ elfbiter - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:36:16 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios elfbiter personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/7491818/2170751 https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/1194.html Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:36:16 GMT https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/1194.html <b><i>Gerald Durrell</i></b> - A Zoo in My Luggage<br /><br />Gerald Durrell wanted to gather animals for his own zoo (even if he had no idea where it could be build). He had previously captured animals for others and now had money to start his own. So he went back to Cameroons to the area of an old friend Fon of Bafut - local tribal king with dozen wives and taste for whiskey - and had the locals to bring him local animals. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/1194.html#cutid1">Africans are funny to him</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=elfbiter&ditemid=1194" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://elfbiter.dreamwidth.org/1194.html zoo gerald durrell books reviews animals public 0