The Tiger
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 3, 2011
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator.
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- Who it’s for
- A taut true story that blends animal menace, wild terrain, and human stakes.
- Themes
- man vs nature, survival, wildlife conservation
- Pacing
- Steady
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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.
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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.
Wild Pressure
A taut true story that blends animal menace, wild terrain, and human stakes.
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- big-cat tension, rendered with precision
- wilderness detail with historical weight
Expect
- immersive nonfiction pace
- clear, controlled prose
Where it sits
| Big Cats | 91% |
|---|---|
| Conservation | 49% |
| Endangered Species | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Russian History
- Conservation
- Big Cats
- Authors
- John Vaillant
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- May 3, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- man vs nature · survival · wildlife conservation
- Reading lane
- Russian History