ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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SULLY

Good contributions! Much appreciated. As it's likely most of our readers lack the time to watch the documentary on genetic diversity (post 2,493), I'll post a summary soon. 

ALL

This winter, I ordered a number of tiger books. Some of them are (reprints of) classics, but not all. I also read online versions of a few books published well before 1900. All books will be discussed in some time. 

Here's a few books I recommend. If you have the opportunity, my advice is to buy them. Apart from a few, most books, considered as 'culturally important', are relatively cheap. 

1 - 'The highlands of Central India', Capt. Forsyth (J), London, 1889. I have the reprint. 

2 - 'Thirty-seven years of big game shooting in Cooch Behar, the Duars, and Assam - A rough diary', the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, Bombay, 1908 (461 pages, including the Appendix). The reprint (Wolfe Publishing Company, 1993) is excellent.

3 - 'Wild animals in Central India', Dunbar Brander (AA), London, 1923. The Natraj Publishers reprint (2018) is ok. 

4 - 'Call of the tiger', Col. Powell (ANW), London, 1957. I have the reprint of Sagwan Press.

5 - 'Big game hunting in Manchuria', Baikov (N), London, 1936.

6 - 'Tigerland - Reminiscences of forty years' sport and adventure in Bengal', Gouldsbury (CE), London, 1913. I have the 2019 reprint of Alpha Editions. Reply