An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List
Ep. 796: Heart of the Jaguar
November 24, 2025
Description
Books Referenced
Author: James Campbell
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Steve Rinella introduces guest James Campbell and mentions this as one of his books, describing it as a book listeners would be interested in.
Author: James Campbell
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Steve mentions he just finished reading this book by James Campbell nights ago. The book is about the WWII campaign in Papua New Guinea.
Author: Richard Connaughton
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Steve mentions reading this academic book about the Battle of Manila in the Pacific Theater during WWII, which got him interested in the topic.
Author: Roland Kays
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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.
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
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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.
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
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James Campbell mentions this book by Alan Rabinowitz about trying to find the elusive clouded leopard in Formosa.
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
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James Campbell lists this as one of Alan Rabinowitz's books about Burma.
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
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James Campbell mentions this as another of Alan Rabinowitz's books about Burma.
Author: James Bradley
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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.
Author: Janey Brunn
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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.'
Author: Dan Flores
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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.
Author: James Campbell
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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.'