Background
Adamson, Joy was born on January 20, 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Germany. Daughter of Victor and Traute Gessner.
( In 1961, Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the ...)
In 1961, Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of Born Free generations of readers have been enchanted, inspired and moved by its uplifting charm and the remarkable interaction between Joy and Elsa. Rediscover the original story, in the words of the woman who reared Elsa and walked with the lions, in this new edition, with an introduction by John Rendall. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
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(Apparently sensitive to snipes from scientific quarters r...)
Apparently sensitive to snipes from scientific quarters regarding her unique relationship with wild creatures, the dedicated Ms. Adamson, here provides more rigorous cheetah observation than was evident in the last Pippa saga, The Spotted Sphinx (1969). Nevertheless she says, "The scientific method of studying animals. . . is purely objective and cuts out all personal relationships between animals and man. . . my method. . . is subjective." Since she couldn't spend 24 hours a day with the cheetah and her cubs (it would have disturbed Pippa's routine) she puts in as many daylight hours with them as she can. There are days and days of tracking, as Ms. Adamson observes mating, nursing, feeding, cub-training and curious behavior which she interprets as a variety of animal ESP. (Could Pippa have known a mate was on the way? Could the cub have sensed the lion "Boy" was injured?) There are occasional visits to George Adamson and his pride of lions, wild and/or semi-domesticated, and both Joy and George face the heartbreak of enforced removal from the African preserve. Joy has other personal trials as well - an auto accident results in serious surgery and painful rehabilitation. But Pippa's death is the most difficult to bear. . . . With copious color and black-and-white photographs - for the reliable following and for those who will forgive a certain shrill sentimentality out of deference to Ms. Adamson's wholesome respect for the ways of the wild.
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(In the sequel to "Born Free", the story centres on Elsa a...)
In the sequel to "Born Free", the story centres on Elsa and her three cubs. The Adamsons help Elsa train her cubs to survive in the wild, where there are dangers from other lions and from poachers. The author has also written a follow-up to this book, "Forever Free".
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conservationist illustrator painter author
Adamson, Joy was born on January 20, 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Germany. Daughter of Victor and Traute Gessner.
Educated Staats Prüfung, Vienna, Austria, 1972. Diploma dressmaking, 1928. Student art, 1929-1932, medicine, 1933-1935.
Painter and illustrator 1938-1980. Works exhibited National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, Tryon Gallery, Nairobi, 1972, Tyron Gallery, London, Indian Tea Center, London, Natural History Museum, Los Los Angeles Researcher wild animals, 1956-1980.
Author, 1958-1980.
Head Elsa Wild Animal appeal, United Kingdom, 1961, United States, 1969, Canada, 1971.
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Clubs: Nanyuki, Nairobi (Kenya).
Married Victor von Klarwill, 1935. Married second, Peter Bally, 1938.