"A great educator as well as a great naturalist." - Barack Obama
In 1954, a young David Attenborough was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC for a new show called Zoo Quest. This is the story of those voyages.
Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781473664401
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 719 g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 37 mm
The young Attenborough was writing as beautifully at that age as he does today. The challenges facing the very small team come to life to the point where I could not put the book down.
This exceptional book invokes a wholesome sense of adventure and curiosity as the crew traverse a variety of landscapes and peoples on their hunt for unusual and unique creatures to add to the growing menagerie that... More
Loved it! incredibly interesting
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