The large number of books on tigers-and on all cats-reflects the immense appeal of these beautiful carnivores. Here are just a few recent titles on tigers, all available in the Zoo Bookstore. Stop by or call 202/673.4967.
Land
of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent.
1998. Valmik Thapar. University of
California Press, Berkeley, California. 285 pp., hardbound,
$29.95.
Well-known as a passionate spokesman for tiger conservation,
Valmik Thapar reveals his concern for all of India's wildlife
in this lavishly illustrated book. 0520214706
How
the Tiger Lost Its Stripes: An Exploration into the Endangerment
of a Species.
1997. Cory Meacham. Harcourt Brace
and Company, New York. 288 pp. hardbound, $24.
Journalist Cory Meacham describes the forces that have driven
the tiger to near-extinction and recounts the wide-ranging
efforts-from zoo breeding programs to improved law enforcement-now
in place to save them.
Track
of the Tiger: Legend and Lore of the Great Cat.
1997. Maurice Hornocker, Editor. Sierra
Club Books, San Francisco. 120 pp., hardbound, $30.
This photo-illustrated anthology gathers ten essays about
tigers, by authors ranging from legendary tiger hunter Jim
Corbett to Elizabeth Reed, wife of former National Zoo director
Theodore H. Reed, on hand-raising a tiger cub.
Through
the Tiger's Eyes: A Chronicle of India's Wildlife.
1996. Stanley Breeden and Belinda
Wright. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California. 193 pp., paper,
$24.95.
Photographers, film makers, and conservationists, Stanley
Breeden and Belinda Wright make tigers central in their vivid
descriptions and fabulous photographs of India's diverse wildlife
and wild lands.
Tigers.
1996. John Seidensticker. Voyageur
Press, Stillwater, Minnesota. 72 pp., paper, $14.95.
Stunning color photographs complement National Zoo Curator
John Seidensticker's eloquent discussion of the evolution,
behavior, ecology, and conservation of tigers.
Spell
of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans.
1995. Sy Montgomery. Houghton-Mifflin,
Boston and New York. 232 pp., paper, $12.95.
Spell of the Tiger explores the intertwined lives of tigers
and people living in the Sundarbans, a huge area of mangrove
forest that stretches along coastal India and Bangladesh.
Tiger
Moon.
1988. Fiona Sunquist and Melvin E.
Sunquist. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
187 pp., paper, $15.95.
The Sunquists spent two years studying tigers in Nepal's Royal
Chitwan National Park. Tiger Moon relates the results of their
study at the same time it reveals their personal feelings
about working with these majestic creatures.
--Susan Lumpkin
(ZooGoer 27(2) 1998. Copyright 1998 Friends of the National Zoo. All rights reserved.)
