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Takes readers on Dinerstein's unlikely journey to conservation's frontiers, from early research in Nepal to recent expeditions as head of Conservation Science at the World Wildlife Fund. We are there as the author renews his resolve after being swept downstream on an elephant's back, tracks snow leopards in the mountains of Kashmir with a remarkable housewife turned zoologist, and finds unexpected grit in a Manhattanite donor he guides into the wildest reaches of the Orinoco River. The book presents a cast of free-spirited characters uncommonly committed to-and remarkably successful at-preserving slices of the world's natural heritage.

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More than almost anyone else alive, Eric Dinerstein has gone where the wild things are. Part travelogue, part autobiography, Tigerland is filled with stories of exploration and adventure, told with wisdom, wit, and affection. --David S. Wilcove Princeton University, author of The Condor's Shadow

""...thoroughly enjoyable book that combines a memoir of his many field trips to exotic locales with a powerful call for the preservation of species and restoration of natural habitats. His delightful writing style is scientifically accurate but completely accessible to readers who are not well versed in the arcane details of evolutionary biology and ecological theory...recommended.""-- ""CHOICE"" ""Dinerstein brings his work to life in vivid, inspirational detail.""-- ""Science News"" ""Dinerstein's compelling tour of wild places and his vivid portraits of intrepid wildlife defenders offer convincing arguments for providing the treasures of nature with the same reverence and protection we accord cherished works of art.""-- ""Booklist"" ""This delightfully readable memoir illustrates why the best field biology is also adventure, and why the search for adventure is the best way to conduct field biology.""--Edward O. Wilson ""University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard University"" ""More than almost anyone else alive, Eric Dinerstein has gone where the wild things are. Part travelogue, part autobiography, Tigerland is filled with stories of exploration and adventure, told with wisdom, wit, and affection.""--David S. Wilcove, Princeton University, author of ""The Condor's Shadow""

This delightfully readable memoir illustrates why the best field biology is also adventure, and why the search for adventure is the best way to conduct field biology. --Edward O. Wilson University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard University

...thoroughly enjoyable book that combines a memoir of his many field trips to exotic locales with a powerful call for the preservation of species and restoration of natural habitats. His delightful writing style is scientifically accurate but completely accessible to readers who are not well versed in the arcane details of evolutionary biology and ecological theory...recommended. --Edward O. Wilson CHOICE Dinerstein brings his work to life in vivid, inspirational detail. --Edward O. Wilson Science News Dinerstein's compelling tour of wild places and his vivid portraits of intrepid wildlife defenders offer convincing arguments for providing the treasures of nature with the same reverence and protection we accord cherished works of art. -- Booklist This delightfully readable memoir illustrates why the best field biology is also adventure, and why the search for adventure is the best way to conduct field biology. --Edward O. Wilson University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard University More than almost anyone else alive, Eric Dinerstein has gone where the wild things are. Part travelogue, part autobiography, Tigerland is filled with stories of exploration and adventure, told with wisdom, wit, and affection. --David S. Wilcove, Princeton University, author of The Condor's Shadow Booklist

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Eric Dinerstein is Director of Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions at RESOLVE. Previously, he was Lead Scientist and Vice President for Conservation Science at the World Wildlife Fund. Over the past forty years he has studied bears, rhinos, tigers, bats, and plants and many other creatures around the globe, and he remains active in the conservation of rare species. He has published over one hundred scientific papers and several books, including The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, The Kingdom of Rarities, and What Elephants Know: A Novel. In 2007, Tigerland won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's award for science writing, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

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