Topics discussed: James' latest book, "Heart of The Jaguar"; how much Steve loves our newest true crime-in-the-woods podcast, Blood Trails by our colleague Jordan Sillars; the historic and preset-day ranges of jaguars; jaguar behavior, El Hefe; the latest jaguar sightings; reintroduction efforts; and more.
Steve Rinella introduces guest James Campbell and mentions this as one of his books, describing it as a book listeners would be interested in.
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The Ghost Mountain Boys
by James Campbell
Steve mentions he just finished reading this book by James Campbell nights ago. The book is about the WWII campaign in Papua New Guinea.
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The Battle for Manila
by Richard Connaughton
Steve mentions reading this academic book about the Battle of Manila in the Pacific Theater during WWII, which got him interested in the topic.
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Candid Critters
by None
Steve references this book about influential trail cam photos, mentioning it contains a photo of a jaguar in snow in the Wachuka Mountains of Arizona.
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Jaguar
by Alan Rabinowitz
James Campbell discusses reading this book (published around 1986) which was Alan Rabinowitz's first book about his experience in Belize collaring jaguars in the rainforest.
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Chasing the Dragon's Tail
by Alan Rabinowitz
James Campbell mentions this book by Alan Rabinowitz about trying to find the elusive clouded leopard in Formosa.
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Life in the Valley of Death
by Alan Rabinowitz
James Campbell lists this as one of Alan Rabinowitz's books about Burma.
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Beyond the Last Village
by Alan Rabinowitz
James Campbell mentions this as another of Alan Rabinowitz's books about Burma.
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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley
James Campbell quotes from this book, saying James Bradley wrote that WWII veterans 'came home and they got on with living' without talking about their experiences.
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Cloak and Jaguar
by Janey Brunn
James Campbell mentions this book written by whistleblower Janey Brunn about the controversial Macho B jaguar capture incident, noting it was 'actually a pretty good book.'
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American Serengeti
by Dan Flores
James Campbell references this book by Dan Floris (whom Steve has had on the podcast) about what was done to predators in Colonial America, including jaguars.
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Heart of the Jaguar
by James Campbell
Steve concludes the interview by promoting James Campbell's latest book with the full title 'A Heart of the Jaguar: the extraordinary conservation effort to save the America's legendary cat.'