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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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A synopsis of the book:

When 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. Mahler'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 icons, trophies or gods?

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 the work as "an engrossing love letter to the jaguar...(Mahler) sums up quite perfectly what it is about jaguars that keeps fascinating humans."

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

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Richard Mahler is an award-winning non-fiction author, free-lance editor, and tour guide based in Silver City, New Mexico. He writes about travel, nature, indigenous cultures, health, and conservation.

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

Read more by or about Richard Mahler at his personal website,
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Website produced and copyright 2011 by Richard Mahler. All rights reserved.   Top left photo courtesy Belize Zoo. Cover photo copyright by Carol Farneti Foster (www.wildlifestiillphotos.com).     Author photo by Bruce Conord. Jaguar camera trap (top right) photo by Octavio Rosas Rosas.