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DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST

THE ZOO QUEST EXPEDITIONS

In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime – to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo’s collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC.

His name was David Attenborough, and the programme, Zoo Quest, not only heralded the start of a remarkable career in broadcasting, but changed the way we viewed the natural world forever. 

Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today.

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‘A marvellous book … unputdownable … utterly engaging’ Telegraph

‘An elegant and gently funny writer’ Times

‘His writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programmes and there can be no higher praise’ Daily Express

The second volume of David Attenborough’s early adventures, Journeys to the Other Side of the World, publishes in September
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Sir David Attenborough is a broadcaster and naturalist, whose television career is now in its seventh decade.

After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge and a brief stint in publishing, he joined the BBC. Since the launch of his famous Zoo Quest series in 1954, he has surveyed almost every aspect of life on earth and brought it to the viewing public. His latest programme, Planet Earth II, was the most-watched documentary of all time.

The Zoo Quest books were first published in the 1950s and have been out of print for decades.

This new edition includes a new introduction by Sir David Attenborough as well as a selection of photographs from his archives, some of which have never been published before.

SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH DISCUSSES THE MAKING OF THE ZOO QUEST SERIES:

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