Blue Tiger

by Harry R. Caldwell

Harry R. Caldwell was a Methodist missionary to southern China. In Blue Tiger, first published in 1924, he wrote about several of his adventures in that country. An avid hunter and amateur naturalist, he noted the challenges of hunting big-game like serow, big-horn, wapiti, boar, and tiger. He described how hunting man-killing tigers paved the way for effective mission work, and spent several chapters discussing the political landmines of trying to affect peace between soldiers and bandits in an effort to spare villagers caught between the fighting. Of particular interest, Caldwell described a fascinating creature, a blue-morph tiger, that he attempted to capture for science. This non-facsimile reprint includes an additional appendix has been added, in which Roy Chapman Andrews described the hunt for the blue tiger. Additional cryptozoology material at StrangeArk.com. More cryptozoology books are available from CoachwhipBooks.com.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1924

Reviews

[Michael Kott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well done and the only book by someone who actually seen the blue tiger in China in the 1920s. Warning to those who are upset at killing of animals. This book primarily covers the authors experience killing man-eating tigers and his dealings with bandits in that period of China. He did not hunt for sport. This is a re-release of an old book by Chad Arment of Coachwhip Publications.

[Rodney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book because of the subject of the blue tiger. I am interested in cryptozoology. Harry Caldwell was a Methodist missionary in China and he tells of his adventures mostly adventures in hunting big game. He writes of his sightings of the blue tiger only briefly in the book and it only takes few pages. I enjoyed the chapters on hunting tigers (which seemed to me to be to keep people safe and not just for sport) and chapters on being a mediator between the government and bandits in china. In between these chapters, I found it quite boring but over all a worthwhile read.