Queen of Shaba : The Story of an African Leopard
by Joy Adamson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- used very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0151756511
- ISBN 13
- 9780151756513
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
This book has been read, has library stamps and stickers on back cover and inside cover. No other markings on inner pages, no wear on covers, spine intact no creases.
"In this book, Joy Adamson details the story of her orphaned leopard cub, Penny, who came to her at a few weeks old, her mother having been shot for stock-raiding. Joy's aim was to rehabilitate a leopard into the wild, as she had previously, with Elsa, the lioness and Pippa, the cheetah. She found a home for Penny in the wild and remote Shaba reserve in Kenya. Daily radio tracking of Penny's movements meant she could follow her life in the wild, where Penny gave birth to two cubs. Joy had intended to write a sequel, following the lives of her cubs, but her life was brought to a sudden end by her murder on 3rd January 1980. The book contains some beautiful photos." Hedgehog
"Joy Adamson (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. Born to Victor and Traute Gessner in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic) and was the 2nd of 3 girls. Her father was a wealthy architect. After the divorce of her parents, Joy went to live with her grandmother. In her autobiography The Searching Spirit, Adamson wrote about her grandmother, saying, "It is to her I owe anything that may be good in me."" Good Reads
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113-2023
- Title
- Queen of Shaba : The Story of an African Leopard
- Author
- Joy Adamson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket and plastic cover
- Book Condition
- used very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151756511
- ISBN 13
- 9780151756513
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 190
- Size
- 24.6 x 17.6 cm
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction, Conservation, Leopard, Africa
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2023
Oakville, Ontario
About Ohkwaho Books and Fine Art
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