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In 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 is destined to become one of the great classics of
animal literature.
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