Tony Fitzjohn, part missionary, part madman, has been called "one of the
world's most endangered creatures." An internationally renowned field
expert on African wildlife, he is best known for the eighteen years he
spent helping "Born Free"'s George Adamson return more than forty
leopards and lions--including the celebrated Christian--to the wild in
central Kenya.
"Born Wild" is the memoir of Fitzjohn's extraordinary life. It shows how
a man driven by an impossibly restless spirit can do almost anything,
from being a bouncer in a brothel, to surviving a vicious lion attack,
to fighting with the Tanzanian government, to being appointed an Officer
of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen.
A notorious hell-raiser given to scrapes with bandits, evil policemen,
and wicked politicians, who has been shot at by poachers and chewed up
by lions, Fitzjohn is also a wonderful raconteur. Shenanigans aside, he
belongs to that rare species of humans who have sought refuge and
meaning in a life truly dedicated to the restoration of the animal
kingdom. Many times Tony Fitzjohn has put his life on the line for the
cause in which he believes. "Born Wild" is the story of that passion.
"From the Hardcover edition."
