Tigers in the Snow

Matthiessen, Peter. Maurice Hornocker.

ISBN 10: 0865475768 / ISBN 13: 9780865475762

Published by North Point Pr, 2000

About this Item

Near fine octavo hardcover in a like dj. Stated first edition. No names or markings to text. 8vo. 185pp. Mapped eps. Travel animals.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1652666773820

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tigers in the Snow
• Publisher: North Point Pr
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865475768
• ISBN 13: 9780865475762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature
  • Travel
  • non fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Dramatic full-color photography complements a close-up study of the endangered Siberian tiger that describes the big cat's role in its environment and the joint efforts of Russian researchers and U.S. wildlife biologists to preserve the endangered animal. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

Peter Matthiessen is the acclaimed author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. His accomplishments as a naturalist and explorer have resulted in more than a dozen books on natural history and the environment, including The Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and The Snow Leopard, which won it. His equally distinguished career as a fiction writer has produced a collection of stories and eight novels, among them At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for a National Book Award, Far Tortuga, and the Everglades trilogy, which includes his most recent book, Bone by Bone.