He later undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper, and in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. Recounted with immense humour and charm, My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood.Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. 'Very well, dear, if you like', said Mother unguardedly. 'I had a letter from George this morning - he says Corfu's wonderful. 'Yes, dear, that would be nice', agreed Mother, not really listening. 'What we all need', said Larry, 'is sunshine.a country where we can grow'.

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