Anthony Bourke
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Pub. Date
2009
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In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube® and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought...
A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought...
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The remarkable story of how Anthony "Ace" Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London's King's Road, where Christian the lion became a local celebrity. As he outgrew his surroundings a chance meeting with the stars of the film "Born Free" led to Christian being flown to Kenya...
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Pub. Date
2009.
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IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Describes the life of the lion who lived in a London flat with his owners as a cub, was flown to Kenya to live in his natural environment, and warmly welcomed his former owners when they returned to visit him a year later.
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