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Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Language
English
Description
A wondrous, serendipitous tale that tracks Christian's migration from London streets to Kenyan wilderness and the new friends, both lion and human (notably lion expert George Adamson of Born Free fame) that he finds there. Most astonishing, however, is that in 1971, after a year's absence, his old friends Bourke and Rendall returned to Africa and successfully reunited with Christian.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of a lion cub purchased by two friends from a London department store, written from the point of view of Christian, the lion. He is ultimately sent to Kenya to be rehabilitated by George Adamson, for release into the wild.--
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Language
English
Description
A woman describes her experiences raising an orphaned lion cub intending that it eventually return to the jungle.
There have been many tales of animals' return to the wild, but since its first publication in 1960, one stands alone as the most original and perhaps best-loved animal story. Born Free is a classic which traces the extraordinary development of the lion cub Elsa in transition between two radically different worlds. As it captures the spirit...
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