Joy Adamson - Pippa's Challenge Hardcover Book 1972

This listing is for Joy Adamson - Pippa's Challenge Hardcover Book 1972.  

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc; First American Edition, 2nd Printing (B) (1972)

Language: English

Hardcover: 177 pages

ISBN-10: 0151719802

ISBN-13: 978-0151719802

Pippa, the Spotted Sphinx, and her descendants are the chief characters of this book, which proves conclusively that a wild cheetah which has been tamed can not only be rehabilitated to its heritage in the bush but can breed, and thus offer hope to a species faced with the prospect of gradual extinction. Describing her day to day life during the years she spent on this study the author also tells of many extraordinary happenings unrelated to cheetah. Sadly, too, she tells of the appalling motor accident in which she was involved and which made it necessary for her to spend many months undergoing treatment.

Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, 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. Naturalist and wildlife preservationist Joy Adamson is best known for the  books and films depicting her work in Africa, especially her inspirational  book Born Free. Adamson spent almost forty years living on game reserves in Kenya, and became heavily involved in wildlife preservation activities.

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