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| Name: |
Joy Adamson | | Variant Name: |
Friederike Victoria Gessner | | Birth Date: |
January 20, 1910 | | Death Date: |
January 3, 1980 | | Place of Birth: |
Troppau, Silesia, Austria | | Place of Death: |
Shaba Game Reserve, Kenya | | Nationality: |
Austrian | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
naturalist, writer, painter |
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Biography of Joy Adamson
1,668 words, approx. 6 pages
 Joy Adamson (1910-1980) is best known for the books and films depicting her work in Africa with "Elsa the Lioness," introduced in her book Born Free. Together with husband George Adamson, she raised the orphaned Elsa from a cub and trained the lioness...


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Joy Adamson Information
2,167 words, approx. 7 pages
 Joy Adamson (January 20, 1910 – January 3, 1980) was a naturalist and author, best known for her book, Born Free, which described her experiences in raising Elsa from cub to lioness. The book Born Free was an international bestseller and printed in...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Ted Hughes
1,033 words, approx. 3 pages
 There are stories of wild tigers living in the camps of Jungle Indians, fading off when strangers approach, and stories of baboons joining in the games of Kaffir boys—games of a ferocity you would not risk with an Alsatian. All incredible stories. Yet Joy Adamson's story belongs with these. Living Free describes her continued friendship with the lioness, Elsa, while Elsa lived wild, had a wild mate and reared three cubs. During this period Joy Adamson kept a diary of Elsa's comings and ...
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Critical Essay by John Hughes
581 words, approx. 2 pages
 In a sense ["Forever Free"] is the saddest of the trio. It tells of Elsa's death and it is an intensely moving, and at times harrowing, story…. Elsa herself dominates only part of the latest book. Much of it is in fact devoted to the Adamsons' rescue of Elsa's three cubs….
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Critical Essay by Alfred C. Ames
555 words, approx. 2 pages
 The Spotted Sphinx is the record of a long association, one still very much alive at the end of the book…. A book by Joy Adamson grabs a reader and holds him. It is of course tremendously moving to see a member of our own species establish a relationship of trust and affection with an animal historically viewed as fearfully savage, an absolute threat to life and limb….


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