Former reporter and feature writer for Asian Medical News in Hong Kong, Patrick Newman lives in the United Kingdom.

“A great read...a thorough scholarly apparatus underpinning every narrative opportunity...skillfully manages sensationalism while setting a cracking pace...fascinating as a tiger’s stare, well written and packed with all the detail...that you could possibly want”—Fortean Times; “highly readable volume”—Fabula; “I know of no other book that has taken a serious look at the man-eaters as they were viewed by the people being eaten, as opposed to the people hunting them...a major addition to the literature on the subject...in fact, an oasis in a desert of sensationalist nonsense. Newman has gathered material from diverse sources and put a book in an empty space that was just waiting for something of this sort...an important book”—Paul T. Barber, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: The World of the Weretiger1 deleteA Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters2 deletePeople and Tigers: Together in Life and Death3 deleteKillers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement4 deleteFighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue5 deleteShapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf6 deleteTigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused7 deleteBeast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India8 deleteBeast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate TerrorChapter NotesReferencesGlossaryIndex

Former reporter and feature writer for Asian Medical News in Hong Kong, Patrick Newman lives in the United Kingdom.

“A great read...a thorough scholarly apparatus underpinning every narrative opportunity...skillfully manages sensationalism while setting a cracking pace...fascinating as a tiger’s stare, well written and packed with all the detail...that you could possibly want”—Fortean Times; “highly readable volume”—Fabula; “I know of no other book that has taken a serious look at the man-eaters as they were viewed by the people being eaten, as opposed to the people hunting them...a major addition to the literature on the subject...in fact, an oasis in a desert of sensationalist nonsense. Newman has gathered material from diverse sources and put a book in an empty space that was just waiting for something of this sort...an important book”—Paul T. Barber, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: The World of the Weretiger1 deleteA Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters2 deletePeople and Tigers: Together in Life and Death3 deleteKillers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement4 deleteFighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue5 deleteShapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf6 deleteTigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused7 deleteBeast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India8 deleteBeast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate TerrorChapter NotesReferencesGlossaryIndex

Former reporter and feature writer for Asian Medical News in Hong Kong, Patrick Newman lives in the United Kingdom.

“A great read...a thorough scholarly apparatus underpinning every narrative opportunity...skillfully manages sensationalism while setting a cracking pace...fascinating as a tiger’s stare, well written and packed with all the detail...that you could possibly want”—Fortean Times; “highly readable volume”—Fabula; “I know of no other book that has taken a serious look at the man-eaters as they were viewed by the people being eaten, as opposed to the people hunting them...a major addition to the literature on the subject...in fact, an oasis in a desert of sensationalist nonsense. Newman has gathered material from diverse sources and put a book in an empty space that was just waiting for something of this sort...an important book”—Paul T. Barber, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: The World of the Weretiger1 deleteA Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters2 deletePeople and Tigers: Together in Life and Death3 deleteKillers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement4 deleteFighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue5 deleteShapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf6 deleteTigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused7 deleteBeast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India8 deleteBeast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate TerrorChapter NotesReferencesGlossaryIndex