No beast so fierce : the terrifying true story of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal in history
Book |
First edition. |
William Morrow,
New York, NY :
[2019]
- 3 of 3 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
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About
"American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"--
Nepal, c. 1900: The single deadliest animal in recorded history began stalking humans, moving like a phantom through the lush foothills of the Himalayas. As the death toll reached an astonishing 436 lives, a young local hunter was dispatched to stop the now-legendary man-eater before it struck again. One part pulse-pounding thriller, one part soulful natural history of the endangered Royal Bengal tiger, acclaimed writer Dane Huckelbridge's No Beast So Fierce is the gripping, true account of the Champawat Tiger, which terrified northern India and Nepal from 1900 to 1907, and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who pursued it. Huckelbridge's masterful telling also reveals that the tiger, Corbett, and the forces that brought them together are far more complex and fascinating than a simple man-versus-beast tale.
Details
- ISBN: 0062678868
- ISBN: 9780062678867
- ISBN: 0062678841
- ISBN: 9780062678843
- Physical Description: xvi, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm.print
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2019]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: The full measure of a tiger -- The making of a man-eater -- A monarch in exile -- The finest of her fauna -- The hunt begins -- Darkness falls -- Together, in the old way -- On hostile ground -- An ambush in the making -- A literal valley of death -- Confronting the beast -- A moment of silence -- An unlikely savior.