Cat Tale, Craig Pittman
Cat Tale, Craig Pittman
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Cat Tale
The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther

Author: Craig Pittman

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/21/2020


Synopsis

“Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain. Sure, Cat Tale has plenty of laughs and Florida weirdness, but Pittman has written a truly inspirational story about the panther’s brush with extinction, and the human beings who were determined to save the species. You won’t be able to put Cat Tale down.”—Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning, Devil in the Grove

It wasn’t so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle—the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story—until now.

With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there’s more than a little weirdness, too.

An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.

About Craig Pittman

Craig Pittman is an award-winning journalist at the Tampa Bay Times and author of 4 books, including NYT bestseller Oh, Florida! How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country. His journalism has won 4 Waldo Proffitt Awards for Distinguished Environmental Journalism in Florida. Twice he won the Society of Environmental Journalists' top investigative reporting award. He was named a Florida Literary Legend by Florida Heritage Book Festival in 2020.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig

I wrote it so of course I think it's the cat's pajamas -- so to speak. Meeeeeow!......more

Goodreads review by Steph

Absolutely fascinating. As a non-fiction read, the subject itself is captivating, but told through hilarious- and ultimately humanistic- lens of best-seller Craig Pittman, the book truly strikes a cord. Florida is often the epicenter of the absurd (with good reason, as this Florida native can attest......more

Goodreads review by Al

This is one of those books that just grabbed me. I don’t know if it was that cover or what, but I had to get it. It isn’t the kind of topic I would necessarily seek out. Still, it seemed fascinating. I am glad I did too because it really was a great book. I don’t want to compare it to Bill Bryson as......more