Born Wild: the Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions And for Africa by Tony Fitzjohn

Tony Fitzjohn, part missionary, part madman, has been called 'one of the world's most endangered creatures.' An internationally renowned field expert on African wildlife, he is best known for the eighteen years he spent helping 'Born Free''s George Adamson return more than forty leopards and lions--including the celebrated Christian--to the wild in central Kenya. 'Born Wild' is the memoir of Fitzjohn's extraordinary life. It shows how a man driven by an impossibly restless spirit can do almost anything, from being a bouncer in a brothel, to surviving a vicious lion attack, to fighting with the Tanzanian government, to being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen. A notorious hell-raiser given to scrapes with bandits, evil policemen, and wicked politicians, who has been shot at by poachers and chewed up by lions, Fitzjohn is also a wonderful raconteur. Shenanigans aside, he belongs to that rare species of humans who have sought refuge and meaning in a life truly dedicated to the restoration of the animal kingdom. Many times Tony Fitzjohn has put his life on the line for the cause in which he believes. 'Born Wild' is the story of that passion. This 2011 Penguin Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780141048567 SKU: 1316899 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Animals