Born Wild : The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for Africa.
Author(s): Tony Fitzjohn
Born Wild is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following Tony Fitzjohn's journey from London bad boy to African wildlife warrior, the heart of the story is a series of love affairs with the world's most beautiful and endangered creatures - affairs that so often end in pain, for to succeed in re-introducing a lion or leopard to the wild is to be deprived of their companionship. Tony tells of his twenty years in Kenya with George Adamson of Born Free fame - a time of discovery, isolation and frequent danger living far from civilisation. And when he was prevented from re-introducing any more animals into the wild and made unwelcome in the country he loved, Tony had to start anew in Tanzania.
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'Brilliant, truly brilliant. I was hooked. It was inspiring, moving and exciting. He is the last of the swashbuckling conservationists who has selflessly devoted his life to the people and the wildlife of Africa. A true african adventure of epic proportions. It makes me want to give up everything and move to Africa'. - Ben Fogle
Hugely compelling and funnily written. From tragedies of the worst kind to triumphs unimaginable, he's a true pioneer making up solutions to situations as he goes along Martin Clunes Born Wild describes his breathless roller coaster across the African savannah with passion and humour, an inspirational tale of what one comitted individual can achieve against the odds - Brian Jackman Sunday Telegraph
The passages describing the lions the three men were raising and rehabilitating into the wild are odes to harmony, serentiy and understanding Telegraph
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.282
- : 31 May 2011
- : 198mm X 129mm X 23mm
- : 01 June 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Tony Fitzjohn
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 352
- : col. Illustrations
