A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion
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| Management number | 237179749 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | US$5.93 | Model Number | 237179749 | ||
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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 Frees 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 Londons Kings 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 upfastand soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise Read more
| ISBN10 | 0767932307 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0767932301 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Broadway |
| Dimensions | 5.35 x 1.1 x 7.85 inches |
| Item Weight | 14.4 ounces |
| Print length | 256 pages |
| Publication date | March 10, 2009 |
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