{"product_id":"the-tiger-a-true-story-of-vengeance-and-survival","title":"The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant (rare books)","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"0307389049\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"tz8yak-51blkm-7vmomz-k32t1p\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"215\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"215\"\u003eBook Summary:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"1051\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"228\"\u003eThe Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e by John Vaillant is a gripping narrative nonfiction account set in the remote forests of Russia’s Far East, where an endangered Amur (Siberian) tiger begins stalking and killing humans. The book centers on a chilling incident from 1997, when a poacher is gruesomely attacked and consumed by a tiger, triggering a tense manhunt led by Yuri Trush, head of a local anti-poaching task force. But this is not just a tale of survival and vengeance—Vaillant weaves a complex, richly detailed exploration of the natural world, Russian history, post-Soviet hardship, and the fragile relationship between humans and wildlife. Blending suspense, anthropology, and ecological insight, \u003cem data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"913\"\u003eThe Tiger\u003c\/em\u003e reads like a thriller while raising profound questions about justice, wilderness, and what happens when humans push nature to its limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1056\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1097\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1878\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1116\"\u003eJohn Vaillant\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Canadian-American journalist and author known for his immersive nonfiction writing that blends investigative reporting with literary storytelling. 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