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My Pride and Joy: An Autobiography
In "Born Free" Joy Adamson told the story of how she and her, husband George raised Elas from a cub then returned her to the Kenyan wild, and the world was amazed and charmed. Now George tells the rest of the story.
Hardcover
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304 pages
Published
December 31st 1987
by Simon & Schuster
(first published September 22nd 1986)
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I absolutely love George Adamson and have read all his books and watched the documentaries. His story made a life changing decision for me....to become a wildlife Vet and conservationist. His work is admired and inspiring. I can't recommend this book enough...all of them by him. It's a shame how he dies, but he did so a happily-accomplished man that took pride in his work, which still lives on. I know for sure he impacted my heart and my life. I love the dedication he gave, all the way to the ve
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This is a wonderful book by George Adamson describing his lifes story. From being born in India, schooled In England and moving to Kenya with his brother and of course meeting Joy. His descriptions off his life at Kora is beautiful and I get the impression he was a really lovely and genuine man
Loved it! Tells of his life as well as the stories of Born Free (as it happened as well as the making of the movie) and Christian the lion. Also some great safari tales.
Covering 80 years of George Adamson's life - his 2nd autobiography. Well worth the read!!
A fascinating and touching tale about a man and his lions.
Aug 19, 2009
Valerie
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This is a terrible pun, of course, since George Adamson was the widower of Joy Adamson. You'd think he, of all people, would recognize that he was TEACHING lions to live in the wild; after all, if Elsa had had any 'instincts' for hunting, the story wouldn't've happened at all, since Elsa wouldn't've walked upwind of a family of elephants.
I'm not sure if all editions of this book were published posthumously. The edition I read ended with an account of George Adamson's death, and it's worth readin ...more
I'm not sure if all editions of this book were published posthumously. The edition I read ended with an account of George Adamson's death, and it's worth readin ...more
Bwana Game is George Adamson's memoir of his early life with Elsa and Joy Adamson. Could have been better edited. His second book, My Pride and Joy, is quite repetitive of incidents in Bwana Game, but better written. He is quite gentlemanly regarding the collapse of his marriage to Joy Adams.
Oct 25, 2008
Darla
marked it as to-read
I really want to read this book, but it has been a tad elusive to find.
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George Adamson, the "Baba ya Simba" ("Father of Lions") of Africa, was one of the founding fathers of wildlife conservation and an author. He and his wife Joy Adamson are best known through the book and film
Born Free
, which is based on the true story of Elsa, an orphaned lioness cub they raised and later released into the wild.
Adamson first visited Kenya in 1924. After a series of adventures, whi ...more
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