The New York Timesreports that the nonfiction book, A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion, is going to hit at #7 on the Times hardcover nonfiction list. The book is also selling well on Amazon. The book about the story and amazing reunion of two men a lion they raised named Christian was originally published in 1971. It has been updated with new photographs after a YouTube video spiked interest in the story.
And wait, here comes "A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion," by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall, which enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 7 this week. If you aren't among the millions of people who have seen the online video, Christian is a lion cub bought at Harrods in 1969 by two friends who raised him in a flat above a London furniture store before arranging for his release into the wild in Kenya. When the men went back to find Christian a year later, the now-strapping pride leader recognized them and rushed over to give them what has to be one of the most heart-stopping embraces in screen history.
Here's the emotional moment from Anthony Bourke's and John Rendall's reunion with Christian in Africa. The video has received over 10 million views and is likely helping to boost sales of the book.
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