The Tiger A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

So it blares out this harp music and also Charles' voice reciting the lines to William Blake's The Tiger.

This book was by John Valiant. And the book is called The Tiger, True Story of Vengeance and Survival. It may be in the top 10 books of all time. It was extraordinary.

It's a book about the tiger and it's a geopolitical book about Russia where Russia connects with China and life there. And it also is the story of a particular tiger that seeks vengeance on somebody. It is a tightly woven masterpiece.

This story, like I would knock off work a little bit earlier so I can get in the truck and go listen. Or I would just mow a little bit longer so I could keep listening. This book was incredible.

The Tiger, True Story of Vengeance and Survival. I recommend everybody read it. It's a masterpiece.

In his fascinating new book on Canadian wildfires, John Volant, if you haven't read his book, The Tiger, You Must, he explains that fire is the principal mechanism by which the boreal forest purges and regenerates itself to the point that the cones of several keystone conifer species, including the black spruce, will not drop their seeds unless they are heated to temperatures unachievable by sunlight alone.