{"product_id":"carnivorous-nights-on-the-trail-of-the-tasmanian-tiger-9780812967692","title":"Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger","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? \u003cbr\u003eJourneying 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.\u003cbr\u003eCarniverous Nights is: \u003cbr\u003eOne of the New York Public Library's \"25 Books to Remember from 2005\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, 2006 selection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARGARET MITTELBACH\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMICHAEL CREWDSON\u003c\/b\u003e regularly join forces for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications, employing their dry wit to reveal nature in the strangest of places. Their previous book, \u003ci\u003eWild New York\u003c\/i\u003e, uncovered the unsung natural wonders of the city that never sleeps. They give frequent talks and lectures on wildlife, and live in Brooklyn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Rockman\u003c\/b\u003e's artwork examines the history of how nature is portrayed, and is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and London's Saatchi Collection. He has also contributed artwork to several books, including Future Evolution, by Peter Ward, a prediction of the future of the global ecosystem. He lives and works in New York and has traveled around the world experiencing the wild firsthand.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892724928786,"sku":"9780812967692","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4fcfae9-d8a4-47c0-a251-0e3e0f82d0bc.jpg?v=1738203831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/carnivorous-nights-on-the-trail-of-the-tasmanian-tiger-9780812967692","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}