false 6113349 12 <p>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 <i>Born Free’s </i>George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.<br><br><i>A Lion Called Christian </i>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 London’s King’s 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 up—<i>fast</i>—and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn’t large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of the hit film <i>Born Free</i>, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of “the father of lions” George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully integrated into Africa and a life with other lions. <br><br>Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa,<i> A Lion Called Christian </i>is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.</p> 6291367 book 1971 A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion total:375|5:80|4:147|3:125|2:22|1:1| 375 1408 750 141 3 1 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 17:01:25 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 02:57:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:57:53 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:34:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 19 16:43:44 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 17:00:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 14:22:20 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 14:32:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 14:46:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:46:37 -0700 2009
The story started when Ace Bourke and John Rendell came to London from their native Australia in 1969. While there, they were Harrods Department Store doing some shopping when they saw that ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 05:56:02 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 05:56:22 -0700 2009
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When I found out that there was a book about their experiences, I knew I had to read it. It is a great...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 06:16:43 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 19:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 15:49:19 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:11:51 -0700 2009 The first time I watched the video of Christian, I sat in front of the computer crying watching it over and over again I knew then that I had to know more about this amazing story.
"A Lion Calle...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 07:32:01 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:12:26 -0700 2009 este vídeo, no YouTube ou via email. Lembro-me de ter visto isto e ter pensado na sua peculiaridade, porque costumamos ver estas demonstrações de afecto entre homens e animais quando estão em causa animais domésticos, como os cães. Os leões são normalmente tidos como a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 20:22:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 20:27:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 18:50:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 15:15:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 06:36:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:35:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 13:31:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:35:26 -0700 2009
Christian the Lion became a hit on YouTube recently, but he was really owned by the authors in the late 60's and early 70's.

They found the small cub at Harrod's in England and took him home with them, but as Christian began to gro...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:01:28 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:04:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 07:35:04 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 05:40:20 -0700 2009 1 And then Animal Planet aired a one hour show that was amazing, so I had to buy the book.
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