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Author Huckelbridge, Dane, author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1929123~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  799.27756 HUC    AVAILABLE
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Description xvi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Summary "American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
Subject Tiger hunting -- India -- Anecdotes.
Tiger hunting -- Nepal -- Anecdotes.
Tiger -- India -- Anecdotes.
Tiger -- Nepal -- Anecdotes.
Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955.
ISBN 9780062678843 (hardcover)
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