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''A Zoo in My Luggage'' by British naturalist Gerald Durrell is the story of Durrell's 1957 animal collecting trip to British Cameroon, the northwestern corner of present-day
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. First published in 1960, it is one of a half-dozen books about animal collecting trips that Durrell wrote. The book tells the story of when Durrell went to the Cameroons and spent six months collecting various animals, referred to as "beef" in Pidgin English. He took part in various expeditions, including catching a
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in a narrow cave, encountering a
hippopotamus The hippopotamus ( ; : hippopotamuses or hippopotami; ''Hippopotamus amphibius''), also called the hippo, common hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extan ...
while traveling on the Cross River, and so on. It is his third book describing trips to the region, following ''
The Overloaded Ark ''The Overloaded Ark'', first published in 1953, is the debut book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It is the chronicle of a six-month collecting trip, from December 1947 to August 1948, to the West African colony of British Cameroonnow Camero ...
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The Bafut Beagles ''The Bafut Beagles'' by British naturalist Gerald Durrell tells the story of Durrell's 1949 expedition to the Cameroons collecting animals for zoos, made with Kenneth Smith. Published in 1954, it was Durrell's third book for popular audiences. Pa ...
''. Illustrations by Ralph Thompson. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoo in My Luggage Books by Gerald Durrell 1960 non-fiction books Books about Cameroon 1957 in British Cameroon Novels set in zoos British travel books English non-fiction books Rupert Hart-Davis books