THE JAGUAR'S SHADOW:

Searching for a Mythic Cat

      from Yale University Press

In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's classic, The Snow Leopard, an intimate portrait of the endangered, exotic, and elusive jaguar.

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Reviewers are saying:

"Mahler's passionate, informative, and intriguing search for the most elusive big cat on Earth takes the reader on a dual journey—both internal and external. I love the book." — Alan Rabinowitz, CEO of Panthera Foundation and author of Jaguar: One Man's Struggle to Establish the World's First Jaguar Preserve

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Publishers Weekly calls THE JAGUAR'S SHADOW "a fast-moving ecological detective tale and a knowing conservationist wake-up call." Booklist labels it "a quest—an odyssey—in search of wild jaguars." The Santa Fe New Mexican says the book "represents the fruition of an astounding amount of firsthand research." Tucson Weekly praises it as "an engrossing love letter to the jaguar...(Mahler) sums up quite perfectly what it is about jaguars that keeps fascinating humans." Powell's Books says "this impressive book's gripping power stems from the subject itself. However, Mahler's ability to collect and the coalesce a huge amount of information and myriad perspectives into a relatively slim volume—and to do so in clear and readable prose—is a feat worthy of that subject."

Learn the behind-the-scenes story about Richard Mahler's years-long search for the big spotted cat in this interview with SWJags.wordpress.com

Richard Mahler is an award-winning author, editor, and publisher based in Silver City, New Mexico. He writes about travel, nature, indigenous cultures, health, the arts, and conservation.

Mahler's blog, biography, and other books are available here.

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