Cat tale : the wild, weird battle to save the Florida panther / Craig Pittman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2020]Description: 336 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781335938800 :
- 133593880X
- 599.7524
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | Adult Non-Fiction | Adult Non-Fiction | 599.7524 PIT | Available | 36748002467340 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020
"Witty and passionate." --Lauren Groff
"Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain."--Gilbert King
"The definitive book on one of America's least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida's panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told." --Dane Huckelbridge
It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now.
With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there's more than a little weirdness, too.
An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle - the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story - until now. With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue: Cat Under Glass (p. 11)
- Chapter 1 The Cat of God (p. 20)
- Chapter 2 Pantherland (p. 34)
- Chapter 3 The Hunter (p. 44)
- Chapter 4 The State Animal (p. 57)
- Chapter 5 Mouth to Mouth (p. 73)
- Chapter 6 The Turbo-Vet (p. 82)
- Chapter 7 The New Mr. Panther (p. 96)
- Chapter 8 Medicine Man (p. 105)
- Chapter 9 Bottleneck (p. 120)
- Chapter 10 "Extinction Is God's Plan" (p. 128)
- Chapter 11 The Vortex (p. 137)
- Chapter 12 The Captives (p. 150)
- Chapter 13 Hail Mary (p. 158)
- Chapter 14 "Florida Will Be Developed" (p. 172)
- Chapter 15 Mr. Influential (p. 190)
- Chapter 16 The Showdown (p. 202)
- Chapter 17 The Verdict (p. 223)
- Chapter 18 The Whistleblower (p. 238)
- Chapter 19 The Skunk Ape's Scapegoat (p. 248)
- Chapter 20 The Wanderers (p. 266)
- Chapter 21 Cat Cam Bingo (p. 278)
- Acknowledgments (p. 291)
- A Select Bibliography (p. 293)
- Notes on Sources (p. 295)
- Index (p. 325)