- EAN13
- 9781848946897
- Éditeur
- Sceptre
- Date de publication
- 24/08/2010
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9781848946897
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It's December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote
Russian village. 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. 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. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous,
the tiger must be found before it strikes again.
As he re-creates these extraordinary events, John Vaillant gives us an
unforgettable portrait of this spectacularly beautiful and mysterious region.
We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived
alongside tigers, even sharing their kills with them. We witness the arrival
of Russian settlers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, soldiers
and hunters who greatly diminished the tiger populations. And we come to know
their descendants, who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching and
further upset the natural balance of the region.
Beautifully 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. It is an absolutely gripping tale of
man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in
the taiga.
Russian village. 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. 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. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous,
the tiger must be found before it strikes again.
As he re-creates these extraordinary events, John Vaillant gives us an
unforgettable portrait of this spectacularly beautiful and mysterious region.
We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived
alongside tigers, even sharing their kills with them. We witness the arrival
of Russian settlers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, soldiers
and hunters who greatly diminished the tiger populations. And we come to know
their descendants, who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching and
further upset the natural balance of the region.
Beautifully 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. It is an absolutely gripping tale of
man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in
the taiga.
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