The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

Aug 2010 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This is the best book I've read so far in 2017, and I've read about 18 books this year. As a wildlife biologist, I practically fell into the book while reading it. However this book, this story, is absolutely fascinating no matter what you're back round is.

It is the story of our 18th century pacific culture. manifest in the 20th century. Read it for the exotic mix that this strange biota and cultural situation manifest. The tiger of concern is in the end a metifor for what has gone down in this resource rich politically starngled culture. Yes, I know that this is only a part of the work. I will bring you the book if you are interested? Roy

Amazing story. Great writing. Exquisite description

About the author

JOHN VAILLANT’s acclaimed, award-winning non-fiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were #1 national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguar’s Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Walrus. He lives in Vancouver.