The Whispering Land
First edition (publ. Rupert Hart-Davis) | |
| Author | Gerald Durell |
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| Illustrator | Ralph Thompson |
Publication date | 1961 |
| ISBN | 9780143037088 |
The Whispering Land is an autobiographical account of the 8 months Gerald Durrell spent travelling in Argentina during the late 1950s, collecting animals for his then recently founded Jersey Zoo. The book is divided into two parts. In the first, Durrell travels south from Buenos Aires to the arid scrublands of Patagonia; in the second he is based at a small town in the north western province of Jujuy.