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A Note About the Author

John Vaillant’s first book was The Golden Spruce. He has written for The
New Yorker, The Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic , and Men’s
Journal, among others. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his
wife and children.

Liuty at Vladimir Kruglov’s wildlife rehabilitation center (John
Goodrich)

Cossacks with tiger, c. 1885 (Courtesy of Vladimir Trofimov)

Arseniev and Dersu, c. 1907 (Courtesy of Amur Region Research
Association)

Nikolai Baikov with tiger, c. 1925 (Unknown)

Yuri Yankovsky with tigers, c. 1930 (V. Yankovsky)
Manchuria, 2008 (Author)

Tiger wine, Harbin Tiger Park (Author)
Sobolonye, with Sikhote-Alin Mountains in background (Author)

Main Street, Krasny Yar (Author)
Kung with ginseng plants (Author)

Luchegorsk (Sasha Snow)
Markov’s cabin (Y. Trush)

Markov’s grave (Author)
Yuri Trush, 2004 (Sasha Snow)

Ivan Dunkai (Sasha Snow)
Dmitri Pikunov (Author)

Danila Zaitsev (Author)
Vladimir Schetinin, c. 1997 (David Higgs)

Evgeny Smirnoff (Author)
Vladimir Shibnev (Author)

Kapchiony (Author)
Yuri Pionka on patrol, Bikin River (David Higgs)

Anatoli Khobitnov (A. Khobitnov)

Pionka, Shibnev, and Gorborukov, taken from a video shot moments after
the killing of the tiger, December 21, 1997 (Y. Trush)

Tiger tracks (John Goodrich)

Author’s hand with female tiger track (Author)

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