Joy Adamson Book order (chronological)

Autobiografie, podle které byl natočen mimořádně úspěšný film. V této knize se Adamsonová zmiňuje i o svém dětství v Opavě. Fotografie: autorka a Josef Vágner

Joy Adamsonová patrí k pionierom, no nemá nič spoločné s voľakedajšími americkým pioniermi, čo na vozoch pokrytých plachtovinou a ťahaných štvorzáprahom prichádzali do divočiny klčovať lesy – hoci aj ona strávila väčšiu časť života v nehostinnej divočine. Jej však šlo o to, aby našla nový spôsob, ako pozerať na svet okolo nás a lepšie chápať ostatné tvorstvo.

Joy a George Adamsonovci sa ujali troch levíčat a vychovali ich. Neskôr dve poslali do zoologickej záhrady a Elzu, tretie – najmenšie si ponechali. Žila s ľuďmi, ale tak, aby sa mohla vrátiť do divočiny, k životu na slobode. A Elza si naozaj našla druha a priviedla na svet mladé. No aj potom delilasvoju lásku medzi svoje deti a Adamsonovcov, svojich opatrovníkov. Kniha, ktorú Joy Adamsonová napísala o Elze a jej levíčatách, nie je len dojímavých rozprávaním o priateľstve dravca a človeka, ale aj zaujímavou štúdiou o levoch, o ich vzťahu k iným zvieratám a o živote v divočine vôbec. Stala sa podkladom pre úspešný film, preložili ju do mnohých rečí a teší sa obľube čitateľov na celom svete.

After raising Elsa, the orphaned lion cub, to maturity and training her to return to the wild, as described in Born Free, and helping the lioness train her own three cubs, which she describes in Living Free, Joy Adamson here completes the story of Elsa. She tells of the lioness's death in George Adamson's tent, and hoe they captured the three cubs, whose lives were endangered, and released them into th Serengeti Park to start a new life as creatures of the wild. Forever Free is the story of a tense fight against time and a riveting conclusion to the story of the world's best known family of lions.

The fiftieth anniversary edition of the bestselling international story about Elsa the lioness and her caretaker.

Eine vereinfachte Version von 'Born Free' mit vielen Fotografien, die im anderen Buch nicht enthalten sind. Die wahre Geschichte einer Löwin, die von Joy Adamson und ihrem Mann, einem ranghohen Wildhüter, von der Geburt an aufgezogen wurde; sie lehrten sie, selbstständig zu jagen und zu töten, damit sie in den afrikanischen Dschungel entlassen werden konnte.

Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of "Born Free" and its sequels "Living Free" and "Forever Free," generations of readers have been enchanted, inspired and moved by these books' uplifting charm and the remarkable interaction between Joy and Elsa. Millions have also come to know and love "Born Free" through the immortal film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. But here is the chance to rediscover the original story in this 50th anniversary edition, in the words of the woman who reared Elsa and walked with the lions.