She married Bally shortly afterward, in 1938.īally travelled through Kenya, studying its plant life, and his wife accompanied him. Unfortunately, on the voyage there, she met Peter Bally, a botanist,Īnd when her husband arrived in Kenya, Adamson announced her intention to divorce him. Her new husband, a Jew, decided that the couple should move to Kenya to escape the rising Nazi movement in Austria, and sent his young wife ahead to Africa. After studying medicine but never taking her final exam, Adamson married Victor von Klarwill in 1935.

So she turned to such varied fields as psychoanalysis, archaeology, and painting. Married Three TimesĬreative since a young child, Adamson dreamed of becoming a concert pianist, but her hands were too small. In her autobiography, The Searching Spirit, Adamson tells of a childhood game that foretold her future: 'Was it a portent that as children our favorite game was a lion hunt and that because of my blond hair and reputation for being a quick runner, I was always assigned the role of the lioness?' Hunting was a favorite sport on her family's estate but, after she shot a deer with the estate's gamekeeper while a teenager, Adamson vowed never to kill for sport again. Noted naturalist and wildlife preservationist Joy Adamson was born Friederike Victoria Gessner, in 1910, to a wealthy Austrian family her birthplace in the Silesian region of Austria is now part of Slovakia. Adamson spent almost 40 years living on game reserves in Kenya, and became heavily involved in wildlife preservation activities. Together with husband George Adamson, she raised the orphaned Elsa from a cub and trained the lioness to fend for herself in the wild.

First Edition Thus (1962), not directly stated, but implied.Joy Adamson (1910-1980) is best known for the books and films depicting her work in Africa with 'Elsa the Lioness,' introduced in her book Born Free. The hardcover edition was published in 1961. 64 pages of duotone photographic illustrations. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library.

A lightly used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a few minor flaws. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text.

Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities mild rubbing, a very faint crease at the lower rear corner moderate spine lean the binding remains quite secure the text is clean. First Edition Thus (1962), not directly stated, but implied.

Living Free by Joy Adamson