Tiger Wars

Joe Exotic vs. The Big Cat Queen

by Al Cimino

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Pub Date Sep 01 2020 | Archive Date Jul 27 2020

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The global smash-hit Netflix documentary mini-series, Tiger King, introduced viewers to the weird, crazy and chaotic life of private zoo owner and big cat breeder, Joe Exotic, and his war against Carole Baskin.

Baskin, who runs the Big Cat Rescue in Florida, a sanctuary for abused and abandoned wild cats, waged a long legal battle to have Joe’s exotic animal park in Oklahoma shut down for the maltreatment of his animals. But Carole had her own dark past and Joe wasn’t going down without a fight; he responded by plotting to have her murdered.

Tiger Wars delves deeper into this stranger-than-fiction tale and tells the shocking story of this big cat war, the cult-like characters involved and the spiral of obsession that landed Joe Exotic in jail and exposed the dark heart of America’s big cat obsession.

The global smash-hit Netflix documentary mini-series, Tiger King, introduced viewers to the weird, crazy and chaotic life of private zoo owner and big cat breeder, Joe Exotic, and his war against...

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781913543792
PRICE	$15.95 (USD)
PAGES	288

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Karen K, Reviewer

This book fleshed out details that weren't in the Netflix documentary. A sad but intriguing story.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.

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Amanda K, Librarian

If you loved the Netflix show and wanted more than this is it. So much more details, facts and events that were too much for TV.

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Laura d, Reviewer

I am probably completely biased because I loved the series Tiger King on Netflix. So, seeing this book, I was pretty convinced I was gonna have a good time, and I sure did!

The book goes into more depth than what we saw in the show. I would recommend reading this, if you also enjoyed the show!

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Rachel F, Reviewer

If like me to binge watched "The Tiger King" at the beginning of lockdown, you will love this book!

This was a deeper dive into the world of Joe Exotic, it brings to light a more in-depth look into his life and all the crazy and horrify things that went on at his Exotic Animals sanctuary. I felt this book gave you more information on the feud between him and the infamous Carol Baskin. I did find the book could be quite slow in parts as sometimes it felt like it was repeating things that had been mentioned already. Most of the first half of the book was things that had been shown in the documentary, with a few bits of new information.

The second half of this book was the most interesting to me as it went through the trial, which was not featured in the Netflix documentary this was where I got most of the new information. I liked reading about what that entailed and how the jury reached their verdict.

I would recommend this book to all those cool cats and kittens out there.