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Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story Of One Man's Passion For Africa (2010)

by Tony Fitzjohn(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0307716031 (ISBN13: 9780307716033)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Crown

review 1: Not an easy read. I loved Born Free and I have loved quite a few other books about people and their relationship with animals. The parts of this book that were about the animals, those were the intriguing parts. I suppose if I was interested in geography and setting, this would have been a more entertaining read for me. Fitzjohn goes on at length to describe the way things looked and the way they've changed over the years. But this just didn't grip me.[return][return]Parts of the story were immensely interesting. I loved hearing about Fitzjohn's relationship with Freddie, for example. I didn't so much care about the boozing. Or the roads in Kora. [return][return]I found myself wishing there was an abridged version, like Les Miserables (where I avoided the long winded descr... moreiptions of Paris's sewer system). This man has led a very interesting life and I bet he's a wonderful oral storyteller. The book, however; was dry and left much to be desired.
review 2: An excellent work about some truly extraordinary experiences. As someone who rarely reads biography, my only complaint about this work was the sheer amount of information given in passing--names, places, etc.--that are mentioned and left without enough of an explanation to show me their significance. Other than that, I found this work wholly engaging. Fitzjohn's work in Africa is truly phenomenal on so many levels. Descriptions of his personal one-on-one work with lions is just as astonishing as his overall fight to protect and honor Africa's wildlife. The narrative is very powerful, and Fitzjohn's voice comes through personally. I was given the impression that I was actually in the room with him, listening to him tell me about his experiences. Overall, a very enjoyable work that I feel blessed to have stumbled upon. less

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