Joy Adamson: Behind the Mask

by Caroline Cass

Behind The Mask is an exploration of Joy Adamson as a passionate, tempermental and controversial woman, and also of her difficult and tempestuous marriage to the wild man of the bush, George Adamson. The book traces one of the most remarkable relationships ever recorded between animal and Joy and Elsa, the lioness.

Genres: Biography

252 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1992

Reviews

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

You'll know who Joy Adamson is if you remember the movies & books about Elsa the lioness who was"tamed" & cared for by her in Kenya. This biography tells us what Joy was really like. Not a
person with many friends--she alienated everyone near her. Outspoken, rude, jealous, & chasing after any man she thinks is handsome, & intelligent she ends up ruining every relationship she ever has. Married three times. & with countless relationships, none are satisfying for her. Her most well known husband was George Adamson. a naturalist, game warden & lion keeper in Kenya. The two often lived apart due to a lot of jealousness, arguments, & severe physical fights.
Joy was murdered--stabbed to death with an African dagger. She was 70.

[Erin Simone · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Gary Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This lady was amazing and the book is great.

[Michael Heath-Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather a 'warts & all' book on Joy Adamson of Elsa fame and her impact on Kenya and on the Conservation movement. No doubt she would have had a hissy fit about it.