Born Wild by Tony Fitzjohn

This book was recommended to me today by Amazon when I dropped by. I was pleasantly surprised — usually the recommended items aren't all that interesting, but this time it was a book I hadn't heard of before. It came out a week ago on September 16, so now I'll get it soon.

The author, Tony Fitzjohn, was George Adamson's main assistant in his work with lions over 20 years. He was the central figure in the feature film To Walk with Lions, with Richard Harris playing George. He is also mentioned in Gareth Patterson's book Last of the Free and can be seen in documentaries about George Adamson and Christian the lion. And now he has written his own book about the years of living among big cats at Kora, returning them to the wild, and a new beginning in Tanzania after his activities fell out of favor with the Kenyan authorities. It seems much of what is recounted has already been shown in the film, but now you can read it and look at the photos.

On YouTube I found an interview with Tony Fitzjohn made for the release of Born Wild, showing the matching photos:

P.S. I see Christian has made it onto a cover once again — a photogenic lion :)