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The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
Island Books
November 2007
On Sale: November 13, 2007
248 pages
ISBN: 1597261297
EAN: 9781597261296
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York
Times, Alan Rabinowitz has devoted—and risked—his life to
protect nature’s great endangered mammals. He has journeyed
to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild things,
weathering treacherous terrain, plane crashes, and hostile
governments. Life in the Valley of Death recounts his most
ambitious and dangerous adventure yet: the creation of the
world’s largest tiger preserve. The tale is set in the lush Hukaung Valley of Myanmar,
formerly known as Burma. An escape route for refugees
fleeing the Japanese army during World War II, this rugged
stretch of land claimed the lives of thousands of children,
women, and soldiers. Today it is home to one of the largest
tiger populations outside of India—a population threatened
by rampant poaching and the recent encroachment of gold
prospectors. To save the remaining tigers, Rabinowitz must navigate not
only an unforgiving landscape, but the tangled web of
politics in Myanmar. Faced with a military dictatorship, an
insurgent army, tribes once infamous for taking the heads of
their enemies, and villagers living on less than one U.S.
dollar per day, the scientist and adventurer most
comfortable with animals is thrust into a diplomatic
minefield. As he works to balance the interests of disparate
factions and endangered wildlife, his own life is threatened
by an incurable disease. The resulting story is one of destruction and loss, but also
renewal. In forests reviled as the valley of death,
Rabinowitz finds new life for himself, for communities
haunted by poverty and violence, and for the tigers he vowed
to protect.
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