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Author Quammen, David, 1948-, author

Title Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind / David Quammen

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  591.65 .Q25m    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 591.65 Q1m 2003    AVAILABLE  
 UMA Stacks  QL100 .Q36 2003    AVAILABLE  
 UMM Stacks  QL100 .Q36 2003    AVAILABLE  
 UM Orono Stacks  QL100 .Q36 2003    AVAILABLE  
Edition 1st edition
Phys Descr 513 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-479) and index
Contents The food chain of power and glory -- Once there were lions -- The muskrat conundrum -- Leviathan with a hook -- Shadow of the nine-toed bear -- The teeth and the meat -- Perestroika -- Science fiction ending
Summary Publisher's description: For millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and chain-link fences. Their gradual disappearance is changing the very nature of our existence. We no longer occupy an intermediate position on the food chain; instead we survey it invulnerably from above--so far above that we are in danger of forgetting that we even belong to an ecosystem. Casting his expert eye over the rapidly diminishing areas of wilderness where predators still reign, the award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo examines the fate of lions in India's Gir forest, of saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia, of brown bears in the mountains of Romania, and of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East. In the poignant and troublesome ferocity of these embattled creatures, we recognize something primeval deep within us, something in danger of vanishing forever
Note Library Journal Best Books of the Year 2003
New York Times Notable Books of the Year 2003
American Library Association Notable Books 2004
Subject Dangerous animals -- Psychological aspects
Predatory animals -- Ecology
Human-animal relationships
Endangered species
OCLC # 52041418
ISBN # 0393051404
9780393051407