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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. 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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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307389049
ISBN-139780307389046
eBay Product ID (ePID)99617864
Product Key Features
Book TitleTiger : a True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicAnimals / Big Cats, Hunting, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, History
AuthorJohn Vaillant
Book SeriesVintage Departures Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-381699
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Magnificent. . . . Suspenseful. . . . The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator."- San Francisco Chronicle "Mesmerizing . . . a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself . . . the adventure book of the year."- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A masterpiece. . . . What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant's mastery of language." - Outside "A riveting story." - The Washington Post "Brilliant . . . A tale of astonishing power and vigor . . . Read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid."- Simon Winchester, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "[A] riveting story . . . Vaillant's book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul."- Washington Post "[An] epic story. . . . A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia's far east opens up a new genre . . . [the] conservation thriller."- Nature "If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be. . . . Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids." - The Seattle Times "Riveting, often chilling. . . . A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife."- Providence Journal "Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story. . . . Vaillant sets the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter."- Christian Science Monitor "An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered."- The Washington Times "A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences."- Richmond Times Dispatch "Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world . . . The Tiger has the pace and precision of a spy thriller."- Waterbury Republican-American, "Magnificent. . . . Suspenseful. . . . The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Mesmerizing . . . a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself . . . the adventure book of the year."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A masterpiece. . . . What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant's mastery of language." -- Outside "A riveting story." -- The Washington Post "Brilliant . . . A tale of astonishing power and vigor . . . Read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid."-- Simon Winchester, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "[A] riveting story . . . Vaillant's book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul."-- Washington Post "[An] epic story. . . . A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia's far east opens up a new genre . . . [the] conservation thriller."-- Nature "If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be. . . . Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids." -- The Seattle Times "Riveting, often chilling. . . . A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife."-- Providence Journal "Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story. . . . Vaillant sets the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter."-- Christian Science Monitor "An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered."-- The Washington Times "A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences."-- Richmond Times Dispatch "Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world . . . The Tiger has the pace and precision of a spy thriller."-- Waterbury Republican-American, “Brilliant . . . A tale of astonishing power and vigor . . . Read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid.�- Simon Winchester, The Globe and Mail “[A] riveting story . . . Vaillant’s book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul.�- Washington Post “[An] epic story. . . . A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia’s far east opens up a new genre . . .[The] conservation thriller."- Nature “If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be . . . Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids.� - The Seattle Times “Riveting, often chilling . . . A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife.�- Providence Journal “Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story . . . Vaillant sets the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter.�- Christian Science Monitor “An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered.�- The Washington Times “A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences.�- Richmond Times Dispatch “Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world . . . The Tiger has the pace and precision of a spy thriller.�- Waterbury Republican-American “Magnificent.... Suspenseful.... The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator.�- San Francisco Chronicle “Mesmerizing . . . a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself . . . the adventure book of the year.�- Cleveland Plain Dealer “A masterpiece. . . . What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant’s mastery of language.� - Outside “A riveting story.� - The Washington Post, "A masterpiece of reconstructed reportage . . . What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant's mastery of language. Every now and then he drops in a paragraph-length essay that stands alone like a polished gem. His riff on the "unintended courtesy" of wildlife paths in snow is the kind of insight Terry Tempest Williams might weave an entire book around." -Outside "The Tigeris the sort of book I very much like and rarely find. Humans are hard-wired to fear tigers, so this book will attract intense interest. In addition to tiger lore and scalding adventure, Vaillant shows us Russia's far east and its inhabitants, their sometimes desperate lives interwoven with the economics of poaching and the politics of wildlife conservation. I was startled to learn about thezapovedniksand Russia's primary place in global conservation. This is a book not only for adventure buffs, but for all of us interested in wildlife habitat preservation." -Annie Proulx "If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be . . . Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids." -The Seattle Times "A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences." -Richmond Times Dispatch "[A] riveting story . . . Vaillant's book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul." -Washington Post "By all means read Vaillant's magnificent book . . . [The Tiger] offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator that has been revered-and feared-like no other animal . . . A profound examination of the myriad factors that threaten the animal's continued existence in the world . . . The final pages of Vaillant's book are suspenseful, but also deeply sad." -San Francisco Chronicle "What spirits this adventure narrative from compelling to brilliant is Vaillant's use of the tiger hunt as an allegorical lens through which to understand the cultural, economic, and environmental devastation of post-Communist Russia . . . This energetic hybrid of classic adventure and impassioned sociocultural critique will appeal to Jon Krakauer fans, tiger lovers, and readers interested in contemporary Russian history." -Library Journal (starred review) "Suspenseful and majestically narrated . . . Vaillant has written a mighty elegy that leads readers into the lair of the tiger and into the heart of the Kremlin to explain how the Amur tiger went from being worshipped to being poached." -Publishers Weekly(starred review) "This book is magnificent, surely the best chronicle ever published of the wild Amur tigers in Russia's Far East. In it are chilling accounts of human encounters with tigers-but these encounters, however fearsome, convincingly demonstrate the role that these enormous cats continue to play in the natural world. Equally compelling are the people of Primorye, those who of necessity must hunt the tigers, and those who would preserve them. To call this book a page-turner is an understatement. It's riveting." -Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author ofThe Hidden Life of Dogs,The Hidden Life of Deer,The Old Way, andTribe of Tiger "This book must be read by everybody who is, "Magnificent.... Suspenseful.... The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Mesmerizing ... a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself ... the adventure book of the year."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A masterpiece.... What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant's mastery of language." -- Outside "A riveting story." -- The Washington Post "Brilliant ... A tale of astonishing power and vigor ... Read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid." --Simon Winchester, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "[A] riveting story ... Vaillant's book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul."-- Washington Post "[An] epic story.... A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia's far east opens up a new genre ... [the] conservation thriller."-- Nature "If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be.... Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids." -- The Seattle Times "Riveting, often chilling.... A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife."-- Providence Journal "Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story.... Vaillant sets the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter."-- Christian Science Monitor "An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered."-- The Washington Times "A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences."-- Richmond Times Dispatch "Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world ... The Tiger has the pace and precision of a spy thriller."-- Waterbury Republican-American, "Magnificent. . . . Suspenseful. . . . The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Mesmerizing . . . a blistering good tale, stocked with fascinating characters, none more compelling than the tiger itself . . . the adventure book of the year."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "A masterpiece. . . . What elevates The Tiger from adventure yarn to nonfiction classic is Vaillant's mastery of language." -- Outside "A riveting story." -- The Washington Post "Brilliant . . . A tale of astonishing power and vigor . . . Read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of the firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid."-- Simon Winchester, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "[A] riveting story . . . Vaillant's book teaches a lesson that humankind desperately needs to remember: When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul."-- Washington Post "[An] epic story. . . . A travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia's far east opens up a new genre . . . [the] conservation thriller."-- Nature "If ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be. . . . Think of Vaillant as a younger version of John McPhee, but on steroids." -- The Seattle Times "Riveting, often chilling. . . . A remarkable, thoroughly researched, informative chronicle that will appeal to readers interested in the conservation of wildlife."-- Providence Journal "Nonfiction as riveting as any detective story. . . . Vaillant sets the stage for an epic encounter that unfolds dramatically and inexorably, climaxing in a stunning encounter."-- Christian Science Monitor "An extraordinary book, bringing vividly to life this rare and terrifying creature and the men who are setting their lives at stake every day in a barely civilized part of the world. This is a real-life adventure story that is rarely encountered."-- The Washington Times "A remarkable and thoughtful account of a distant place where man and animal meet with fatal consequences."-- Richmond Times Dispatch "Told with passion and deep knowledge of the history cultures, folk tales, flora and fuana of this part of the world . . . The Tiger has the pace and precision of a spy thriller."-- Waterbury Republican-American
Dewey Decimal599.75609577
SynopsisNATIONAL 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., A gripping story of man pitted against nature's most fearsome and efficient predator. 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberSK305.T5V35 2011
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