TY - BOOK AU - Bourke,Anthony AU - Rendall,John AU - Bourke,Anthony TI - Christian the lion: based on the true story of Anthony (Ace) Bourke, John Rendall, and Christian the Lion SN - 9780805091823 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - QL737.C23 B687 2009 U1 - 599.757 23 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Henry Holt KW - Bourke, Anthony. KW - Rendall, John. KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Juvenile literature KW - Lion KW - Biography N1 - "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 N2 - 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.-- ER -