Urn:lcp:tigertruestoryof0000vail_k0d3:epub:0d36a2dc-ad8b-4aa6-b109-919ca1349647 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier tigertruestoryof0000vail_k0d3 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2pbj5j8vjp Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780307389046 Lccn 2011381699 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9470 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200431 Openlibrary_edition It is an absolutely gripping tale of man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the taiga.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:07:32 Autocrop_version 0.0.12_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40499408 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator that can grow to ten feet long, weigh more than six hundred pounds, and range daily over vast territories of forest and mountain.īeautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger circles around three main characters: Vladimir Markov, a poacher killed by the tiger Yuri Trush, the lead tracker and the tiger himself.
Throughout we encounter surprising theories of how humans and tigers may have evolved to coexist, how we may have developed as scavengers rather than hunters, and how early Homo sapiens may have fit seamlessly into the tiger’s ecosystem. This ancient, tenuous relationship between man and predator is at the very heart of this remarkable book. And we come to know their descendants, who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching and further upset the natural balance of the region. We witness the arrival of Russian settlers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, soldiers and hunters who greatly diminished the tiger populations. We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived alongside tigers, even sharing their kills with them.
Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.Īs he re-creates these extraordinary events, John Vaillant gives us an unforgettable portrait of this spectacularly beautiful and mysterious region. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold.
It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East.
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