Born Free

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These are the books that brought the story of her work to a public whose imagination was captured by the discovery of this remarkable interaction between man and beast. Never once does Joy complain about her living conditions or dwell on her disappointments; even after Elsa's death. Abbie loved reading this book , she gained excellent knowledge and facts, some parts regarding the cruelty Abbie said she wished she could help, very. In 1956, George Adamson, in the course of his job as game warden of the Northern Frontier District in Kenya, shot and killed a lioness as she charged him and another warden. Though eminently readable, this isn’t a book to be rushed through but to savour, to absorb a chapter at a time, to reflect on the questions at the end of each, to allow God to speak to you and ‘cooperate with the Holy Spirit as he turns us more into the image of Christ.

It took place in the late 50s and retains a tiny bit of the cultural attitude that was prevalent at the time. Although Joy is very matter-of-fact about it all, reading her go through Elsa's priority change when it came to courtship and mothering was heartbreaking. The first volume formed the basis of James Hill's 1966 Oscar-winning movie of the same name starring husband and wife team Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. Cloth, housed in a custom 1/4 brown morocco leather and cloth slipcase with a gilt-lettered spine, and a cloth chemise.Many will identify with Katharine’s longing to love God more and the challenges of doing so in our busy, distracting world. Owner stamp on front endpaper, small white pain spot on front board, near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with soiling, a sunned spine, and a few tears. Attentive to the page they were sticking in, which, providentially, is about Jesus, the cross and how even in our darkest times, our lives are in his hands. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.

This is the book the film was based upon, the story of Elsa the lioness, hand raised by a Senior Game Warden and his wife, Joy Adamson, and later released into the wild. In Born Free, Katharine tells her own story and it is both gripping and highly relevant to each one of us in the modern age.I get so caught up in myself and the world around me, that I forget about the world that isn't outside my doorstep.