There have been many stories of the return to the wild of tame animals, but since its original publication in 1960, when the New York Times hailed* it as a “fascinating and remarkable book,” “Born Free” has stood alone in its power to move us.

    Joy Adamson tells the story of a lion cub* in transition* between the captivity in which she is raised and the fearsome wild to which she is returned.

    The book captures the abilities of both humans and animals to cross the gap between their totally different worlds.

    Especially now, at a time when the sanctity* of the wild and its inhabitants is increasingly threatened by human development and natural disaster, Adamson’s remarkable tale is an idyll*, and a model, to return to again and again.

    Illustrated* with the same beautiful photographs that first enchanted* the world 40 years ago and updated with a new introduction by George Page, former host and executive editor of the Public Broadcasting Service* series “Nature” and author of “Inside the Animal Mind,” this edition introduces to a new generation one of the most heartwarming* relations between man and animal.(SD-Agencies)