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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Adamson (3February 1906 - 20 August 1989), also known as the 'Baba ya Simba'('Father of Lions' in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationistand author. He and his wife Joy Adamson are best known through the movieBorn Free and best selling book with the same title, which is based onthe true story of Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lioness cub they raisedand later released into the wild. Several other films have been madebased on Adamson's life. Adamson was born 3 February 1906 in DholpurRajasthan, India (then British India). He first visited Kenya in 1924.After a series of jobs, which included time as a gold prospector, goattrader, and professional safari hunter, he joined Kenya's gamedepartment in 1938 and was Senior Game Warden of the Northern FrontierDistrict. Six years later he married Joy. It was in 1956 that he raisedthe lioness cub Elsa who became the subject of the 1966 feature filmBorn Free.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 68 pp. Englisch.