The Wilderness Family: At Home With Africa's Wildlife
by Kobie Kruger
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1863252630
- ISBN 13
- 9781863252638
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In the heartwarming tradition of Born Free, a fascinating, funny and moving memoir of a family's life in the African wilderness and their love for an orphaned lion.
Kobie Kruger fell in love with her new home in remote Mahlangeni the moment she arrived with her game-ranger husband Kobus and their three little girls. Golden sunshine glowed in the lush garden; hippos basked in the Letaba River; storks and herons perched along the shore. Kobie felt she'd found heaven on earth - until she found a python in her bedroom on the first night. It was the perfect introduction to the wonders and terrors that awaited.
As the family settled into their new life, a steady stream of wild animals wandered in and out. A honey badger that they nursed back to health rampaged happily through the house. Sneaky hyenas stole blankets. Ordinarily placid elephants grew violent in the summer heat. And one terrible day, a lion attacked Kobus in the bush and nearly killed him.
But nothing prepared them for the sheer joy and heartbreak of raising a lion cub, Kobus found the three-day-old orphan hoarse with crying for its dead mother and brought it home. Though terrified of lions, Kobie turned into an instant lion-mother. Leo became an adored member of the family, though they always knew that one day he would have to return to the wild. By turns funny and heartbreaking, engaging and hair-raising, The Wilderness Family is an unforgettable memoir of a woman, her family, and the remote corner of the world they called home for seventeen incredible years.
Synopsis
Kobie Krüger was born on a farm in the Northern Province bushlands of South Africa. She met her husband, Kobus, at the University of Pretoria and they lived in Namibia and Johannesburg before moving to the Kruger National Park in 1980. The Wilderness Family was published as two volumes in South Africa--both were number one bestsellers. She now lives at Paradise Beach in the Eastern Cape with her husband and youngest daughter.
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- Bookseller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks63
- Title
- The Wilderness Family
- Author
- Kobie Kruger
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1863252630
- ISBN 13
- 9781863252638
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Place of Publication
- Milsons Point
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 406
- Keywords
- kobie kruger, the wilderness family, at home with africa's wildlife, autobiography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure; Memoir; True Story;
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