A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond

A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
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In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip capturing the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon.

A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony â€œAceâ€ 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 Londonâ€™s Kingâ€™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 upâ€”fastâ€”and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasnâ€™t large enough for him.

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 â€œthe father of lionsâ€ 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 is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, colour illu
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2010-03-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780767932370

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, colour illu
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2010-03-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780767932370

A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion

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