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Loading... A Lion Called Christian (1971)by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall
i am a sucker for wildlife stories and this one has it all. the you tube video is remarkable. the book is good. somewhat amaturish but good. (  ) Smits | Apr 12, 2012 |  [Originally written for my book blog at www.michelleamanda.co.uk] I really loved this remarkable true story. The authors are very careful to point out the modern laws and acts introduced since this story, which are there to safeguard animal welfare, which is good on their part. But they also explain their story well enough to illustrate how times were very different in the years where one could buy a lion at Harrods! The tale was amusing and heartwarming. For an animal lover, the glossy colour photographs dispersed throughout the book are a big attraction. (Guilty as charged; this was what made me purchase the book!) I imagine this book to be a hit with those who love animals. I’m not sure how it is received by the general reader who doesn’t have a particular interest in animals, as I find the book to be written very much as a re-telling of the events revolving around Christian rather than any intricately weaved novel you might expect when reading fiction. (  )1  MichelleAmanda | Jan 30, 2011 | Christian was an amazing lion, but I was saddened to find out that we don't know the ending of the story. In a way, the YouTube ending is almost fitting, and it gives us something to believe and dream in.  latinothompson | Nov 4, 2010 | Christian was an amazing lion, but I was saddened to find out that we don't know the ending of the story. In a way, the YouTube ending is almost fitting, and it gives us something to believe and dream in. (  ) Anagarika-Sean | Sep 25, 2010 | After the YouTube explosion of the reunion of the lion with his two friends, they rewrote their book from the 1970s and added a bit about the YouTube phenomenon. Kind of interesting. ( ) PennyHolland | Jun 24, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0767932307, Hardcover)Book DescriptionIn 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 Anthony “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 Bentley, 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 integrated into Africa and a life with other lions. Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 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. A Look Inside A Lion Called ChristianClick on thumbnails for larger images (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:52:42 -0500) A wondrous, serendipitous tale that tracks Christian's migration from London streets to Kenyan wilderness and the new friends, both lion and human (notably lion expert George Adamson of Born Free fame) that he finds there. Most astonishing, however, is that in 1971, after a year's absence, his old friends Bourke and Rendall returned to Africa and successfully reunited with Christian.… (more) |
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Christian with Mark at Todd's Hairdressers in the World's End Football in the Moravian Close John, Christian, and Ace relaxing at Leith Hill 
Easter, 1970 Ace (left) and John (right) with Christian on The King's Road, Chelsea 
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