MONTGOMERY, SY - Spell of the Tiger the Man-Eaters of Sundarbans

Boston, Massachusetts: Peter Davidson/Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395641691; Binding is clean, sound and unworn, almost as new. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. Price-cut DJ is otherwise almost as new, clean & unworn. ; FIRST PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION, 1995. 8-1/2" Tall, XX + 230pp. Green boards, black cloth spine, bright gold spine lettering. NATURE. "Sundarbans , a huge, swampy area of India and Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal, remains the largest tract of mangrove forest on the planet. It is also the only place where tigers eat men. Here they are the hunters, routinely carying away fishermen, honey gatherers, and woodcutters to feast on their flesh. Although they fear tiger attacks, the men and women of Sundarbans have turned the tiger into an object of veneration. Montgomery investigates the strange forms of tiger worship, and tells us all about the peculiar relationship between tigers and their human prey , coming to the conclusion that Sundarbans has been protected from destruction by the tigers who, watching over the mangrove wilderness, prevent humankind from destroying their own habitat. " ... Selected Bibliography. 8-page b/w photo section.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .