Born Free
Feb 2011 · Sold by Pan Macmillan
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An unforgettable adventure of love, survival and the call of the wild.
For more than fifty years, the enchanting tale of Joy Adamson and Elsa, the lioness, has mesmerized readers across the globe. Rescued as an orphaned cub and raised at Joy's home in Kenya, Elsa found a home and a mother in Joy. But Elsa had been born free, and Joy knew that she had to be returned to her rightful home in the wild once she was old enough to fend for herself.
Moving and inspiring, Born Free and its sequels, Living Free and Forever Free, have charmed readers for generations.
'Moving and incredible, [with] some of the most extraordinary photographs ever seen' – The New York Times
For more than fifty years, the enchanting tale of Joy Adamson and Elsa, the lioness, has mesmerized readers across the globe. Rescued as an orphaned cub and raised at Joy's home in Kenya, Elsa found a home and a mother in Joy. But Elsa had been born free, and Joy knew that she had to be returned to her rightful home in the wild once she was old enough to fend for herself.
Moving and inspiring, Born Free and its sequels, Living Free and Forever Free, have charmed readers for generations.
'Moving and incredible, [with] some of the most extraordinary photographs ever seen' – The New York Times
An unforgettable adventure of love, survival and the call of the wild.
For more than fifty years, the enchanting tale of Joy Adamson and Elsa, the lioness, has mesmerized readers across the globe. Rescued as an orphaned cub and raised at Joy's home in Kenya, Elsa found a home and a mother in Joy...
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Saurav Chakrabarti
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June 24, 2016
Joy Adamson's book qualifies as an all-time classic, where the story of Elsa is told lovingly and accurately. A must-read for those who want to know and love nature and the natural spirit.
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Tori Kalberg
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March 11, 2014
I'd like to buy this and read it. I love the movies Born Free and Living Free. I've never seen Forever Free and I really want to see it one day soon.
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Nancy DeLavergne
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May 28, 2013
I first saw the movie "Born Free" when I was 5 years old. Because of this wonderful true story, my lifelong dream has been to someday visit Elsa's grave in what is now the Meru National Park in Eastern Province, Kenya. Both Joy & her husband George dedicated their lives to saving Kenya's wildlife. During the filming of "Born Free" Joy received a tame cheeta who she named Pippa. Joy prepared Pippa to be released back into the wild like Elsa had been. Then Joy went on to work with a leopard she named Sheena.
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Joy Adamson was a pioneer in the field of conservation. With her husband George, senior game warden in a huge area of the northern frontier province of Kenya, she established one of the world’s first wild animal appeals. Now the Elsa Conservation Trust, it operates an education, training and wildlife retreat centre at the Adamsons’ former home of Elsamere, on the shores of Lake Naivasha.
Joy Adamson was a pioneer in the field of conservation. With her husband George, senior game warden in a huge area of the northern frontier province of Kenya, she established one of the world’s first wild animal appeals. Now the Elsa Conservation Trust, it operates an education, training and wild...
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