Pan 70th Anniversary: Born Free (Paperback)

from susanbevans

I know that I read this as a child, and of course, I have seen the movie many times, but it is as amazing a story now as it was back in the 1950s and 1960s when it was happening. This is a true story about a couple who hand-raise a lion cub named Elsa and then release into the wild when she becom...

from LibraryCin

I love animals, and it would be a dream come true to bond with a wild animal like Joy and her husband George did. It was an easy read, and there were lots of wonderful photos. What a fabulous lion Elsa was - she learned to live with other wild lions, but at the same time, she was gentle and alway...

from dypaloh

Published in 1960, Born Free remains an appealing account of how something wild can get into one's heart. The more than 100 photos are a great help, forming a visual record of the efforts of author Joy Adamson and her husband George to raise a lion cub named Elsa. Elsa's cubhood is a delight. It ...

from karalawyer

I read this book at the beach back when I was 8 or so. I remember my babysitter telling her friend I couldnt be reading such a big book for my age, that I must be pretending.Well, I read a lot of it . . . I loved the lions. And the movie was awesome to me as a kid.

from NativeRoses

My first cat was named Elsa because of this book. In this wonderful memoir, Joy Adamson, a painter, describes how she and her husband, George Adamson, a game warden, adopt an orphaned lion cub in the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya. As a pre-teen reader, i was totally engrossed by this poigna...