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Part
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articles,
essays, reports and other information about Gerald Durrell, his family
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Part
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books
by & about
Gerald
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Part
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everything
else about Gerald Durrell, his family and his cause (pictures, voice recordings,
places, etc.) |
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The
Gerald
Durrell
Club
the
dynamic and interactive interface
to
this web site for discussions and
sharing
of the ideas. Come in to meet other GD fans! |
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In the next month, this site will be getting a major overhaul. It will be moved to a new hosting company, Hostgater. The site will be run as a Joomla portal, making it very interactive and truly dynamic. All content will be checked and become updatable by visitors. Check back for the exciting changes to come.
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| Do you have a question about Gerald Durrell
or his family, his books or films, The Jersey Zoo or
the Preservation Trust? Post it on the Gerald Durrell Club message board by
email. Email your question to
geralddurrellclub@yahoogroups.com
Your question will automatically appear on the message board within a couple
of minutes. With 94 members and growing, it's very likely you would get
an answer within a day or two. Go to the Gerald Durrell Club at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/geralddurrellclub
to see the replies. You don't need to be a member of the club to browse the message
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| This
web site is a large dynamic directory of links to an assortment of material
about Gerald Durrell: articles, books, photographs, illustrations for his
numerous books, biographies, even a few recordings of his voice, among
many other curious material. I especially value the links that have been
e-mailed to me.
New links are being added constantly. All links
are grouped into three sections. Part I contains links to pages that describe him or his work, such as biographies, personal
commentaries, articles, etc..
Part
II is a list of books by Gerald Durrell and about him, with links to reviews,
descriptions, excerpts as well as places where you can purchase these books
or read their summaries.
Part
III contains links to everything else that didn't fit into the other two
categories. They point to photos, audio files, and places associated with
Gerald Durrell. |
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| As a side
note: On more than one occasion I have been asked why I spend so much
time designing this web site and collecting material about Gerald Durrell
and "What's so special about this guy, anyway?" I think the time has come to
address this issue:
In regard to
Gerald Durrell: his books were one of the first books about non-fictional
creatures that I really enjoyed reading and that helped me look at the
world around me in a very different (less selfish regarding Nature) way.
His books also partially influenced me in the choice of my career
as a fisheries ecologist and a traveler.
In regard to
this web site: back then when I just discovered the Interned I was bewildered
by the amount and kinds of information present. My next major virtual discovery
was that something I create can be seen by virtually everyone who has an
access to electricity. I started with a very "amateurish" web site which,
I believe, has evolved into quite a well-designed site. This is the 4th
or 5th generation of this web site and in its second generation I started
really enjoying finding ways to improve the site and actually learning
how to implement these improvements. |
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