BORN FREE : A Lioness of Two Worlds (First Edition)

Joy Adamson; (Lord Williman Percy, Preface; Captain Charles Pitman, Foreword)

Language: English

Published by Pantheon Books/Random House, New York, NY, 1960

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Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed steel-gray boards/Fine. DJ/None; tattered in shreds, included, but consider without. Label sticker remanent to fEP. Biography of Elsa the lioness by Joy Adamson (1910 - 1980), wife of Game Warden George Adamson stationed in Kenya. He was charged by, and killed, an lioness protecting her cubs. They raised Elsa, one of the orphaned cubs, for three years., during which they deliberately trained Elsa to fend for herself in the wild, to where she was ultimately released. The affection with which Elsa was raised, did establish a unique bond that is overwhelmingly touching and honorable, for the Adamsons and Elsa will visit for years to come. Illustrated with photos.

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Title
BORN FREE : A Lioness of Two Worlds (First Edition)
Author
Joy Adamson; (Lord Williman Percy, Preface; Captain Charles Pitman, Foreword)
Publisher
Pantheon Books/Random House, New York, NY
Publication year
1960
Condition
Very Good
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Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
First Edition, First Thus
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Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, Narratives, Essays, Prose, Nature, Ecology, Conservation

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