Lion adventure [Import] [Unknown Binding]

Willard Price (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cape (1967)
• ASIN: B0000CPNT7
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Willard Price was born in 1887 in Peterborough, Ontario. He held a special interest for natural history, ethnology and exploration and made numerous expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History and the National Geographic Society.

He went on to edit various magazines on travel and world affairs and spent six years working in Japan as foreign correspondent for New York and London newspapers. He wrote fourteen adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt and travelled in seventy-seven countries before his death in 1983.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still great for the next generation, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lion Adventure (Paperback)

I read all Willard Price's books as a kid and now am buying them for my 10 year old son. Lion Adventure is an engrossing book that allows a child to glimpse another lifestyle. The author's love of animals and knowledge of african wildlife shines through. I particularly loved the reference to the offspring of Elsa. This is the kind of book that encourages a lifetime love of nature and our precious animal resources. The edge of the seat pace keeps the kids enthralled and the characters of Hal and Roger are still cool guys. My son was determined to sink himself into his book and emerged just wanting more.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great old-school adventure story, February 17, 2010

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This review is from: Lion Adventure (Paperback)

This is a great book in the series of Willard Price adventures. Not totally politically correct, but not insulting to different cultures either. In fact, this series is very educational about animals and peoples, across the planet. The lion adventure continues with the plan; educating readers about lions, Africa, flying in balloons, dealing with hungry elephants and hyenas, and the norms, values and customs of different African tribes. All in a book that my 10 year-old son really enjoys. And I enjoy reading it with him.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb, action packed adventure book, May 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lion Adventure (Paperback)

The main characters in this book are Hal and Roger Hunt. They are the sons of Mr.Hunt who takes animals alive from all over the world to keep in their zoo, and are on an exciting adventure to capture a man-eating lion. This lion has attacked many people in the past. The Hunts have already killed a female man-eating lioness who was just about to feed her two cubs the meat. Roger decided to keep the two cubs as pets and have to feed them milk every day. They go on exciting adventures and capture many animals.