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082 0 _aFIC DUR
100 1 _aDurrell, Gerald
_d(, 1925-1995)
245 1 4 _aThe picnic and other inimitable stories
_c/ Gerald Durrell
260 _aNew York
_b: Simon & Schuster
_c, c1980.
300 _a191p. us
_c; 22 cm.
520 _aGerald Durrell was born on January 7, 1925 in Jamshedpur, India to British parents. After moving to the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, his family eventually settled on the Greek island of Corfu where he studied zoology and kept numerous local wild animals as pets. In 1945, he became a student keeper for the Whipsnade Zoo in England. He went on wildlife expeditions to Cameroon, British Guiana, Madagascar, and many other countries.
650 4 _aEnglish literature
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aShort stories
942 _cMO
999 _c257932
_d257932