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Quammen explores the natures of man-eating predators and the variety of human attitudes toward them through sources as diverse as prehistoric cave paintings, Beowulf, and the Alien movies.
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Quammen's ability to turn science into high drama is unmatched.
Erudite, witty, and utterly fascinating...sets a new standard in nature writing.--T. C. Boyle
He sees both sides of the equation, which environmentalists still tend to frame in terms of good animals versus evil people....Insatiably curious, level-headed, and amazingly erudite.
Quammen, one of those extraordinary writers who can wring all the blood-wet drama out of science without ever resorting to mysticism or melodrama, here tracks man-eaters through history and legend, then deep into their present domains.
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Erudite, witty, and utterly fascinating...sets a new standard in nature writing.--T. C. Boyle
He sees both sides of the equation, which environmentalists still tend to frame in terms of good animals versus evil people....Insatiably curious, level-headed, and amazingly erudite.
Quammen, one of those extraordinary writers who can wring all the blood-wet drama out of science without ever resorting to mysticism or melodrama, here tracks man-eaters through history and legend, then deep into their present domains.
A provocative and richly detailed exploration of the critical relationship between humans and the great predators of the animal kingdom.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0393326098
- ISBN 13 9780393326093
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. "Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure.A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking." -New York Times Book ReviewFor millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and chain-link fences. Their gradual disappearance is changing the very nature of our existence. We no longer occupy an intermediate position on the food chain; instead we survey it invulnerably from above-so far above that we are in danger of forgetting that we even belong to an ecosystem.Casting his expert eye over the rapidly diminishing areas of wilderness where predators still reign, the award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo and The Tangled Tree examines the fate of lions in India's Gir forest, of saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia, of brown bears in the mountains of Romania, and of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East. In the poignant and troublesome ferocity of these embattled creatures, we recognize something primeval deep within us, something in danger of vanishing forever. Seller Inventory # DADAX0393326098
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