A Zoo in My Luggage is a book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells the story of Durrell's 1957 animal collecting trip to British Cameroon, the northwestern and southwestern corner of present-day Cameroon. It is one of a half-dozen books by Durrell recounting his animal collecting trips. Summary The book relies Durrell's trip to the Cameroons during which spent six months collecting various animals, referred to as "beef" in Pidgin English. His expeditions include catching a python in a narrow cave, encountering a hippopotamus while traveling on the Cross River, and so on. It is his third book describing trips to the region, following The Overloaded Ark and The Bafut Beagles.
References