--- product_id: 14858401 title: "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger" price: "159.15 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/14858401-carnivorous-nights-on-the-trail-of-the-tasmanian-tiger store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Explores Tasmania's wild ecosystem Original artwork from natural materials Unique postmodern safari narrative Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger **Price:** 159.15 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌟 Track the legend, join the adventure, and never miss the wild side! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger - **How much does it cost?** 159.15 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/14858401-carnivorous-nights-on-the-trail-of-the-tasmanian-tiger) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Authentic Artistic Flair:** Experience Alexis Rockman’s stunning, nature-crafted illustrations. - • **Award-Winning Recognition:** Featured in NY Public Library’s '25 Books to Remember' and 'Books for the Teen Age'. - • **Engaging & Thought-Provoking:** A compelling blend of humor, science, and conservation urgency. - • **Offbeat Scientific Adventure:** Dive into a quirky, humor-filled quest for the elusive Tasmanian tiger. - • **Ecotourism & Wildlife Insight:** Gain rare perspectives on Tasmania’s unique flora and fauna. ## Overview Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger is a captivating used book blending humor, science, and art in a postmodern safari to find the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Featuring unique illustrations by Alexis Rockman and recognized by the New York Public Library, it offers an engaging exploration of Tasmania’s wildlife and conservation challenges. ## Description Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, along with renowned artist Alexis Rockman, take off on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. Tragically, this mysterious, striped predator was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. Filled with Rockman’s stunning drawings of flora and fauna originally crafted from river mud, wombat scat, and even the artist’s own blood, Carnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world. Carniverous Nights is: One of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember from 2005" A New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, 2006 selection Review: What a great book! - Half way through reading this book and LOVE it. Funny, informative and totally engaging. Are the tassie tigers still around? I think they are alive and well, just in small numbers. This book is a delightful romp around Tasmania. Oh how I would love to go there and try my luck find the tiger. Review: But those side tracks are what ended up making the book so good. It's what gave it the powerful punch that ... - An engaging book that has a powerful lesson, drawing the reader out of their regret for something irretrievably lost to remind them of the things that we can save right now. I must admit, the ever present side bars on other parts of Tasmania bothered me at first. I was reading this because of my obsession with the the thylacine, not because of devils. Get on with it man! But those side tracks are what ended up making the book so good. It's what gave it the powerful punch that hit me at the end. The writing style, as mentioned in other reviews, is occasionally off putting and the reason for the one star loss. Using a plural point of view doesn't work when individual actions are being noted. "We" did not have a particular dream. I spent too much time trying to figure out who was who, distracting me from the actual book. As to the reviews about the foul language, get over it. There's almost none, and when it's used it isn't gratuitous, but meant to show off the quirky cast. You'll hear much worse walking down almost any street in any city of the world. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,716,214 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #796 in Ecotourism Travel Guides #1,422 in Biology of Wildlife #2,582 in Travel Writing Reference | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 65 Reviews | ## Images ![Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Asxtl3OoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a great book! *by J***E on August 3, 2024* Half way through reading this book and LOVE it. Funny, informative and totally engaging. Are the tassie tigers still around? I think they are alive and well, just in small numbers. This book is a delightful romp around Tasmania. Oh how I would love to go there and try my luck find the tiger. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ But those side tracks are what ended up making the book so good. It's what gave it the powerful punch that ... *by J***E on October 14, 2014* An engaging book that has a powerful lesson, drawing the reader out of their regret for something irretrievably lost to remind them of the things that we can save right now. I must admit, the ever present side bars on other parts of Tasmania bothered me at first. I was reading this because of my obsession with the the thylacine, not because of devils. Get on with it man! But those side tracks are what ended up making the book so good. It's what gave it the powerful punch that hit me at the end. The writing style, as mentioned in other reviews, is occasionally off putting and the reason for the one star loss. Using a plural point of view doesn't work when individual actions are being noted. "We" did not have a particular dream. I spent too much time trying to figure out who was who, distracting me from the actual book. As to the reviews about the foul language, get over it. There's almost none, and when it's used it isn't gratuitous, but meant to show off the quirky cast. You'll hear much worse walking down almost any street in any city of the world. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a great book! *by C***L on August 12, 2017* THIS is the way to combine the presentation of scientific research with the masterful writing of a good novelist. The book presents the story of the intentional extinction of the "Tasmanian Tiger", the Thylacine, the total disregard by so many species of indigenous wildlife in Tasmania and Australia, the deforestation of ancient, indigenous forests in Tasmania and the disregard and greed with which mankind continues to expand our numbers at the expense of every other living thing. The author of the recently released book "Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures", should read Carnivorous Nights to see how this kind of book should be written. Anyway, GREAT read! 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