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The Tiger by John Vaillant

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The Tiger

A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 3, 2011

Reading lane: Big Cats

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator.

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Why This Clicks

Wild Pressure

A taut true story that blends animal menace, wild terrain, and human stakes.

Come here for

  • big-cat tension, rendered with precision
  • wilderness detail with historical weight

Expect

  • immersive nonfiction pace
  • clear, controlled prose

Book Details

Authors
John Vaillant
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
May 3, 2011
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Big Cats · Wilderness & Wild Places
Reading lane
Big Cats

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Russian History

  • Conservation

  • Big Cats

About This Book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. This "travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia’s far east opens up a new genre ... [the] conservation thriller" ( Nature ). Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt down the tiger before it strikes...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. This "travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia’s far east opens up a new genre ... [the] conservation thriller" ( Nature ). Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt down the tiger before it strikes again. They know the creature is cunning, injured, and starving, making it even more dangerous. As John Vaillant re-creates these extraordinary events, he gives us an unforgettable and masterful work of narrative nonfiction that combines a riveting portrait of a stark and mysterious region of the world and its people, with the natural history of nature’s most deadly predator.

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