The Tiger (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Vladimir Markov: A poacher.
• Yuri Trush: Squad Leader, Inspection Tiger unit. Investigates forest crimes, specifically involving tigers.
• Andrei Pochepnya: Add a description of this character.
• Sokolov
• Khomenko
• Danila Zaitsev
• Ivan Dunkai
• Vladimir Schetinin
• Denis Burukhin: Friend of Andrei Pochepnya
• Sasha Lazurenko
• Shibnev
• Pikunov
• Gorborukov
• Smirnov
• Khobitnov
• Mikhail
• Yuri Pionka
• Martin
• Dersu
• Leonid Lopatin
• Sasha Dvornik
• Gitta
• Boyko
• Kaplanov
• Arseniev
• Andrei Onofreychuk
• Tsepalev
• Stalin
• Tamara Borisova
• Korn
• Isayev
• Barrett
• The Tiger: Lord of the taiga.

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• “The boots, now unseamed, were homemade: a timeless design of felt-soled arctic mocassin that mimics tiger pads with their texture and silence. But stealth is no defense against the hunter who perfected it.”

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• “The most terrifying and important test for a human being is to be in absolute isolation,” he explained. “A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone, with no witnesses, he starts to learn about himself—who is he really?

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• Many people reach a point where they realize that the shape their life has taken does not square with the ambitions they once had for it.

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• Ultimately, the problem comes down to umwelt; we are such prisoners of our subjective experience that it is only by force of will and imagination that we are able to take leave of it at all and consider the experience and essence of another creature—or even another person.

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• In order to succeed, predators must actively—and consciously—contrive successful hunting scenarios by adapting to, and manipulating, random events within a constantly shifting environment. This, as any hunter or businessperson knows, is hard to do, and these conditions favor the prey almost every time.

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• The one certainty in tiger tracks is: follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at you first.

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• During the two decades prior to Markov’s birth, the Soviet Union lost approximately 35 million citizens—more than one fifth of its population—to manufactured famines, political repression, genocide, and war. Millions more were imprisoned, exiled, or forced to relocate, en masse, across vast distances. With the possible exception of China under Mao Zedong, it is hard to imagine how the fabric of a country could have been more thoroughly shredded from within and without.

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• Martin recounted in great detail in his memoir, The Sheltering Desert (1957).

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Primorye
• China
• Vladivostok
• Moscow
• Manchuria
• Panchelaza
• Krasny Yar
• Siberia
• Ussuri
• Takhalo
• Amba
• Zhorkin
• Khabarovsk
• Luchegorsk
• Europe
• Kaliningrad
• Udeghe
• Field Group Taiga
• Koreans
• Beijing
• Kung
• Sakirko
• Sikhote-alin Zapovednik
• Yasenovie
• Kazakhstan
• India
• Prirnorye
• United States
• Sterkfontein
• Bikin
• Sobolonye

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John Vaillant (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Amazon Best of the Month (August 2010, #4)
• Library Journal Top Ten (2010)
• Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (2010: Nonfiction)
• CBC Canada Reads (Finalist, 2012)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 599.75609577

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Animals
• Books › Nonfiction › Current Events
• Books › Outdoors & Nature › Fauna

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• National Public Radio: Interview with the author and an excerpt from the book.

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