{"product_id":"jaguars-shadow-searching-for-a-mythic-cat-9780274745012","title":"Jaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaguar's Shadow: Searching for a Mythic Cat\u003c\/strong\u003e by Richard Mahler. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780274745012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Peter Matthiessens The Snow Leopard an intimate portrait of the endangered exotic and elusive jaguar\nWhen the 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.\nMahlers 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 as icons trophies or gods? He is drawn from border badlands south to Panamas rain forest along a route where the fate of nearly all wildlife now rests in human hands. Mahlers odyssey introduces him to unrepentant poachers pragmatic ranchers midnight drug-runners ardent conservationists trance-induced shamans hopeful biologists stodgy bureaucrats academic philosophers macho hunters and gentle Maya Indians. Along the way he is forced to reconsider the true meaning of his search--and the enduring symbolism of the jaguar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956791767093,"sku":"ByrdShop_030012225X","price":34.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300122251_41396cf8-4161-49ca-94b6-70b2e066b6ab.jpg?v=1778825630","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jaguars-shadow-searching-for-a-mythic-cat-9780274745012","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}