''Born Free'' is a book by

Joy Adamson Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson ( Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, ''Born Free'', describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. ''Born Free'' was printed in several langua ...

. Released in 1960 by Pantheon Books, it describes Adamson's experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. It was translated into several languages, and made into an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning 1966 film of the same name. The book was rereleased in 2017 by

Pan Books Pan Books is a publishing imprint that first became active in the 1940s and is now part of the British-based Macmillan Publishers, owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany. Pan Books began as an independent publisher, est ...

as part of their Pan 70th anniversary collection, celebrating their best-loved, best-selling stories.

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1960 non-fiction books Pantheon Books books Books about lions Autobiographies Autobiographies adapted into films {{animal-book-stub