Tiger Fire: 500 Years of Tigers in India

by Valmik Thapar

Product Condition: No Defects.

Genres: Wildlife, Nonfiction

428 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Valmik Thapar was an Indian naturalist, conservationist and writer. He was the author of 14 books and several articles, and was the producer of a range of programmes for television. He was one of India's most respected wildlife experts and conservationists, having produced and narrated documentaries on India's natural habitat for such media as the BBC, Animal Planet, Discovery and National Geographic.

Reviews

[Amrendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a lovely book. Valmik Thapar has compiled almost everything that has been written on tigers by everyone worthwhile in this 400 pages book. Tremendous compilation from the 1800s till now. A rarity/gem of a book.

Thapar has also recounted his own experiences in Ranthambore where he came as an escape from the drudgery of Delhi and his lacklusture marriage. How the forest consumed him and how tracking tigers became his rewarding preoccupation! He talks about all famous tigers of Ranthambore - Padmini, Akbar, Babur, Laxmi, Nick Year, Genghis, Nasty, Macchli et al, as also of their cubs.

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 
In the forests of the night; 
What immortal hand or eye, 
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

[Suhasini Srihari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thapar's research is simply amazing, and the tiger stories took me on a good ride. The collection of photographs and sketching too adds beauty to the book. This book is an inspiration to any wildlife enthusiast and to an avid tiger lover.

[Sanjay Banerjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

The books contributors are tiger lovers/enthusiasts and naturalists for centuries ranging from Babur, Akbar, Francois Bernier,...,Campbell...to modern times Jaiswal Singh et al. Also contains breathtaking black and white photographs of tigers either at rest or while hunting!