John Vaillant will join us to sign copies of his new book, The Tiger. "Over millennia of shared history, the indigenous inhabitants had worked out a tenuous peace with the Amur, a formidable hunter that can grow to over 500 pounds and up to nine feet long, but the arrival of European settlers, followed by decades of Soviet disregard for the wilds, disrupted that balance and led to the overhunting of tigers for trophies and for their alleged medicinal qualities. Vaillant (The Golden Spruce) has written a mighty elegy that leads readers into the lair of the tiger and into the heart of the Kremlin to explain how the Amur went from being worshipped to being poached." __Publishers Weekly starred review "This energetic hybrid of classic adventure and impassioned sociocultural critique will appeal to Jon Krakauer fans, tiger lovers, and readers interested in contemporary Russian history." __Library Journal starred review "An immensely powerful true story about an Amur Tiger in remote eastern Russia. Vaillant brings the reader on a journey that will leave you breathless. It is a story of predator/prey and of a people that will become a part of you." __ Ellen, Hickory Stick Bookshop View The Tiger trailer