{"product_id":"jaguars-shadow-richard-mahler-9780300122251","title":"Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, an intimate portrait of the endangered, exotic, and elusive jaguar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the nature writer Richard Mahler discovers that wild jaguars are prowling a remote corner of his home state of New Mexico, he embarks on a determined quest to see in the flesh a big, beautiful cat that is the stuff of legend--yet verifiably real.\u003cp\u003eMahler's passion sets in motion a years-long adventure through trackless deserts, steamy jungles, and malarial swamps, as well as a confounding immersion in centuries-old debates over how we should properly regard these powerful predators: as varmints or as icons, trophies or gods? He is drawn from border badlands south to Panama's rain forest along a route where the fate of nearly all wildlife now rests in human hands. Mahler's odyssey introduces him to unrepentant poachers, pragmatic ranchers, midnight drug-runners, ardent conservationists, trance-induced shamans, hopeful biologists, stodgy bureaucrats, academic philosophers, macho hunters, and gentle Maya Indians. Along the way, he is forced to reconsider the true meaning of his search--and the enduring symbolism of the jaguar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Mahler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030012225X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300122251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly Annex\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2009","brand":"Richard Mahler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013721469183,"sku":"9780300122251","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jaguars-shadow-richard-mahler-9780300122251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}