Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for AfricaTony 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. |
Contents
One of the Pride | 49 |
Pride Before a Fall | 71 |
FIVE | 77 |
Trial by Simba | 96 |
The End of the Game | 152 |
EIGHT | 160 |
Back to the Future | 179 |
NINE | 199 |
Hunting High and | 208 |
ELEVEN | 240 |
No Free Parking | 258 |
Back on Track | 282 |
List of Insert Credits | 307 |
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Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for Africa Tony Fitzjohn,Tony No preview available - 2010 |
Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for ... Tony Fitzjohn,Miles Bredin No preview available - 2010 |
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