Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for

Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Africa

Tony Fitzjohn, part missionary, part madman, has been called â‚¬Å“one of the worldâ‚¬s most endangered creatures.â‚¬Â An internationally renowned field expert on African wildlife, he is best known for the eighteen years he spent helping Born Freeâ‚¬s George Adamson return more than forty leopards and lionsâ‚¬"including the celebrated Christianâ‚¬"to the wild in central Kenya.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Born Wild is the memoir of Fitzjohnâ‚¬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. Â
Â Â Â Â Â 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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-03-22
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307716033

Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Africa