"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. No animal lover will be unaffected by this unforgettable novel.Ĭopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. RD Lawrences moving novel about a predator animal that has been so mercilessly hunted as to be at risk of extinction describes human. The surprise ending reinforces the conservationist theme. Because Lawrence ( In Praise of Wolves ) writes so beautifully, without anthropomorphizing, and knows these cats so intimately, the reader is carried along through descriptions of the pumas' hunts, mating practices and confrontations with human predators. To safari guide Walter Taggart, an amputee who was repulsed by hunting as a boy, the rare white puma-son of the mother cat he kills-is a future hide, "one helluva pile of bucks." To animal-rights activist Heather Lansing, the svelte feline is a marvelously sensitive creature with which she develops a personal relationship. Around them swirl hunters and conservationists, locked in a fierce battle. The central characters are a family of three pumas (also known as cougars or mountain lions) that roams British Columbia's frosty wilderness. This remarkable saga by Canadian field biologist Lawrence is at once a plea for conservation, an emotionally affecting story, a naturalist's report and a literary triumph.
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