by Harry R. Caldwell

Introduction by Roy Chapman Andrews, American Museum of Natural History

The Abingdon Press, 1924. First edition.

Hardcover, blue cloth with stamped tiger design on front and spine. 261pp., Illustrated with frontis & 12 b&w photo plates.

242pp. b/w photograph plates.

Harry R. Caldwell (1876–1970), was an avid hunter and amateur botantist and naturalist. As a Methodist missionary to Fukien in southern China. hunting became central to his social evangelism. With his rifle, Caldwell protected Chinese villagers from man-eating tigers, taught them how to hunt tigers effectively, and manage the tiger problem. By engaging the American Museum of Natural History in his specimen collection and hunt for the mythical ‘Blue Tiger’, Caldwell introduced an economy of natural expeditions to the villagers who were hired to support the hunt. 

Chapters include: A rifle as calling card; The hill of the mystery cats; Solving some Chinese puzzles; The tiger at home; A summer's experience with tigers; Bluebeard of the big ravine; The gentle art of tiger hunting; My friend the serow; Stalking the big horn; Wapiti hunting; Southern china wild boar; With the bandits; Some bandit chiefs I have known; More bandits; 'They saved the city'.