From Publishers Weekly
After George Adamson, whose wife, Joy, wrote the Born Free trilogy, was murdered by poachers in 1986, Patterson took over his work with lions. He relocated the remaining three to the Tuli bushlands in Botswana, an area that borders on Zimbabwe and South Africa. The lions?Batian, Furaka and Rafiti?became integrated with the local wild lions, mating with them and becoming completely independent. Batian, the male, wandered into South Africa, where he was shot by trophy hunters. In this emotionally charged sequel to Last of the Free, Patterson chronicles the fate of the two surviving lions. He has shared an extraordinary, intimate relationship with them, living with the pride for several years. He and his companion, Julie, lived and worked under appalling conditions of extreme heat and aridity, patrolling for poachers and struggling with landowners. This is an intense, gripping story of Patterson's attempt to save African wildlife. He is working at present toward a Peace Park, a reserve that would include land from all three countries, giving the wild animals both protection and space to live without the constriction of national boundaries. Photos.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
In this gripping sequel to Last of the Free (LJ 4/15/95), Patterson continues his heroic struggle to provide a safe haven for the last descendants of the famous "Elsa" (a lioness rehabilitated to the wild by Joy Adamson, as recounted in her classic Born Free). Political and social conditions in Botswana and South Africa continued to work against Patterson, and he and his companion, Julie, survived tremendous hardships to promote their environmental efforts. Patterson describes the appalling cruelty inflicted upon the wildlife of the Tali Bushlands at the hands of poachers, politicians, and landowners. A tale of murder in the bushlands unfolds as he recalls how he often risked his life in the fight to protect the two remaining Adamson lionesses. Patterson is more than a man who lives with lions?he is a dedicated conservationist who has made great personal sacrifices to create a safe place for all wildlife. His tale is a harrowing one. Will the last of the Adamson lions survive? Will political and social entanglements be straightened out enough for the eventual formation of the South African Peace Park? Certainly the story is unfinished. Recommended for popular collections.?Edell Marie Schaefer, Brookfield P. L., Wis.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
