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
Harold Adamson was nominated for five Academy Awards. Among his best-known compositions was the theme for the hit sitcom "I Love Lucy". He retired from songwriting in the early 1960s, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. In 1941, he collaborated with Pierce Norman, and baseball's Joe DiMaggio to write "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published by Larry Spier, Inc.. Harold Adamson Harold Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Adamson, the son of Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New