John Saeki

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The Last Tigers of Hong Kong

True Stories of Big Cats That Stalked Britain's Chinese Colony

Beschreibung

Tigers came to Hong Kong. They preyed on pigs, chickens, cattle and deer. They sometimes killed people. They came most years through to the end of the 1950s. As long as there were South China tigers in the wild, Hong Kong saw some of them. They stopped coming when they were on their way to extinction in China. Not many people know this, but it's true. And this is the first history of the Hong Kong tiger.

Autor

John Saeki spends his working days writing and designing maps, charts and information graphics on world news. When he is not composing explainers on pandemics, political turmoil and endangered wildlife, he heads through woodland valleys and over the hills, looking in wonder at the strange planet he finds himself on.His first book, The Tiger Hunters of Tai O, was published by Blacksmith Books in 2017, featuring a fictional tiger on the hills of Lantau Island. After that, he went on the trail of real tigers that came to Hong Kong and found a treasure trove of forgotten history.He now lives in windswept Yorkshire, and often talks with his family of the wonderful animals he came across in his 20 years in the subtropics of Hong Kong.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blacksmith Books
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 138mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9789887554615
• ISBN-10: 9887554618
• Artikelnr.: 61180700