A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0767932307 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0767932307 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Flossie771 of Villa Rica, Georgia USA on 3/22/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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From the inside flap:
In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free's George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anothoy "Ace" Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London's King's Road, where the charismatic and intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising the streets in the back of a Bently, popping in for lunch at a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the lion cub was growing up--fast--and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn't large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and BIll Travers, stars of the hit film Born Free, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of "the father of lions," George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully intergrated into Africa and a life with other lions.
Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than fifty photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, A Lion Called Christian is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.
From the inside flap:
In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free's George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anothoy "Ace" Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London's King's Road, where the charismatic and intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising the streets in the back of a Bently, popping in for lunch at a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the lion cub was growing up--fast--and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn't large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and BIll Travers, stars of the hit film Born Free, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of "the father of lions," George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully intergrated into Africa and a life with other lions.
Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than fifty photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, A Lion Called Christian is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.
I finished this book last night. Loved it, what an inspiration for animal lovers.
I am reserving this book for the virtual bio bookbox.
I am reserving this book for the virtual bio bookbox.
Sending to JennyC1230 for the virtual bio/humor bookbox.
Caught today for the Virtual Biography/Auto-Biography/Humor Bookbox.
I am one of the many people who saw the YouTube video and shed many happy tears. Definitely looking forward to reading this one. Thanks!
A fast a touching read with a happy ending (a rarity in memoirs about animals, I've found). Christian certainly was a lucky lion to wind up with Ace and John and his luck continued on and on in ways that almost seem unlikely. (Another case of truth being stranger than fiction.) A story of a deep, true friendship that crossed species, this is as heartwarming as the YouTube video that prompted its re-release.
Journal Entry 8 by Firegirl at VCA Town & Country Animal Hospital on 4th in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Monday, October 3, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (10/3/2011 UTC) at VCA Town & Country Animal Hospital on 4th in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left in the lobby on the table with the magazines.
