Critical Essay by Charles Paul May
The reader [of Born Free] gets a feeling for nature in Kenya, and, in slight degree, for human life there as well.
It is too bad, tho, that the author does not g...
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Critical Essay by Walter Necker
I cannot recall any animal book which I would recommend to as wide an audience as [Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds, an] unusual and exciting story of a lioness rais...
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Critical Essay by William Percy
[Born Free is] a unique and illuminating study in animal psychology. (p. 9)
[Elsa's history in Born Free] provides a record of absorbing interest depicting t...
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Critical Essay by Phoebe-lou Adams
[Born Free] was such a delight that it is disheartening to have to report that its sequel, Living Free …, is no better than most sequels. The story of Elsa&#...
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Writing a song that touches the hearts of millions is hard enough.Writing a warm and fuzzy ballad about one of nature's most despised animals _ the rat _ seemed to be an impossible task, even for O...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
LIBERTY VS. EQUALITY (Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles)
The clash between North and South America is as enduring as
ever, but its rhetoric ...
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James Akedi's plate is piled with fragrant strips of nyama choma, the entree of choice in much of East Africa whose name means, quite simply, "roasted meat."Akedi can only hope he's getting what he...
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For the farmers of Kenya, life is a constant contest for grass and water between their herds and the wild animals that share the land. Now they are waging a new struggle, this time against the inte...
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For the farmers of Kenya, life is a constant contest for grass and water between their herds and the wild animals that share the land.Now they are waging a new struggle, this time against the inter...
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Some trains were sold out and light snow slowed traffic in Denver, but short airport lines and a few major delays surprised people on the eve of Thanksgiving."I was expecting it to be a lot harder,...
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Some trains were sold out and light snow slowed traffic in Denver, but short airport lines and a few major delays surprised people on the eve of Thanksgiving."I was expecting it to be a lot harder,...
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Critical Essay by Charles Paul May
Songwriters Hall honors Parton, others
