No beast so fierce : the terrifying true story of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal in history

No beast so fierce : the terrifying true story of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal in history / Dane Huckelbridge.

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...

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Main Author: Huckelbridge, Dane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Corbett, Jim, > 1875-1955.
Bengal tiger > Effect of human beings on.
Bengal tiger > Conservation.
Tiger hunting > India > Anecdotes.
Tiger hunting > Nepal > Anecdotes.
Tiger > India > Anecdotes.
Tiger > Nepal > Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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