Born Free: The Story of ElsaFifty years ago 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. |
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... buffalo, and while still on top of it, should have permitted a man to walk up to her and cut the dead beast's throat to satisfy his religious scruples, and then lend her assistance in pulling the carcass out of a river is an astonishing ...
... Buffalo. The cubs' first Christmas. One year old. Section Three Elsa's grave. My last day with the cubs at their original home. The crates and arrival in the Serengeti. Release of the cubs. Jespah taking cod-liver oil. Jespah with ...
... buffaloes and rhinos, which stood their ground. Sideways-on they waited in front of their holes, one pink claw erect, and, however cunningly Elsa tried to outwit them, they were always quicker than she was and her soft nose got ...
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Contents
3 | |
15 | |
26 | |
33 | |
Elsa and Wild Lions | 52 |
The First Release | 60 |
The Second Release | 75 |
The Final Test | 92 |
A New Year Begins | 256 |
Part Three | 265 |
The Deportation Order | 267 |
Elsa Is Ill | 278 |
Elsas Death | 284 |
Guardians of Elsas Children | 292 |
Plans to Move the Cubs | 299 |
Have the Cubs Found a Pride? | 306 |
Postscripts | 106 |
Part | 123 |
Elsa Mates with a Wild Lion | 125 |
The Birth of the Cubs | 136 |
We See the Cubs | 153 |
The Cubs Meet Friends | 161 |
The Cubs in Camp | 171 |
The Personality of the Cubs | 178 |
Elsa Meets Her Publisher | 186 |
The Camp Is Burned | 197 |
Elsas Fight | 210 |
Dangers of the Bush | 221 |
Cubs and Cameras | 231 |
Elsa Educates the Cubs | 241 |
The Cubs in Trouble 311 30 Crisis | 315 |
Preparations for Trapping the Cubs | 324 |
The Capture | 329 |
The Journey to the Serengeti | 335 |
The Release | 344 |
The Migration | 349 |
The Ravine | 361 |
Become a Tourist in the Serengeti | 371 |
We See the Cubs Again | 383 |
The Long Search | 391 |
The Price of Freedom | 404 |
Maps | 413 |