Three Singles to Adventure
1954 book by Gerald Durrell
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Three Singles to Adventure (American title: Three Tickets to Adventure) is the second book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell about trips collecting animals for zoos. It is the chronicle of a six-month collecting trip in 1950 to the South American country of British Guyana, now Guyana. Adventure was the name of a town.[1]
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| Author | Gerald Durrell |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sabine Baur |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biographical novel |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Media type | |
Animals captured by Durrell in the book include iguanas, anacondas, squirrel monkeys, sloths and an anteater.[2]
Durrell wrote books to pay for his expeditions and, later, his conservation efforts. His first book The Overloaded Ark was a huge success, with its mix of comic exaggeration and serious natural observations, leading him to follow up with other accounts.
