Joy Adamson the tourist's life. In addition to Joy's books about big cats, a book of her artwork was published as an autobiography entitled "The Searching Spirit". George Adamson's second autobiography, "My Pride and Joy", was published in 1986. Joy Adamson Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née 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 languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for
The Band of Holy Joy Their "City Of Tales" release has been likened to David Bowie's "1. Outside" and the work of Pere Ubu. Jason Ankeny, writing for Allmusic, described the band as "urban folk". Rob Young, in the book "Rough Trade", described their music as "a bohemian mix of inner city guignol, Brechtian street song, and soaring romanticism". Chart placings are from the UK Independent Chart. The Band of Holy Joy The Band of Holy Joy are an English band formed in New Cross, London, and initially active between 1984, and 1993, releasing several albums. In 1992, they abbreviated their name to Holy Joy.