Christian the lion : based on the true story of Anthony (Ace) Bourke, John Rendall, and Christian the Lion /
[by Anthony (Ace) Bourke & John Rendall].
- 1st American ed.
- New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
"Based on the true story of Anthony Bourke and John Rendall published in 1972 in the United States as: A lion called Christian"--T.p. verso. Originally published in the UK in 2009 by Random House Children's Books.
Recounts the story of a lion cub purchased by two friends from a London department store, written from the point of view of Christian, the lion. He is ultimately sent to Kenya to be rehabilitated by George Adamson, for release into the wild.--