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Monday, July 09, 2007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2007-07-09
THE MOST IN-DEPTH STUDY YET OF BRITISH BIG CATS

Big Cats: Loose in Britain is an impressive tome. At 368 pages, it is the largest book ever written on the subject. Author, Marcus Matthews began writing on his remote Wiltshire farm in 1987! The book focuses on the 1970s and 1980s, when the idea of exotic predators roaming the British countryside started to become widely known. Scouring newspapers, writing to local councils and police forces, Marcus began to amass a huge amount of data, and during the years he was contacted by over 1,000 witnesses.

As well as this, Marcus has hit the road on the track of the beasts themselves looking at animal kills, footprints, film and photographs. He has been lucky enough to spot big cats in the UK himself on three occasions. With hundreds of one-to-one interviews with witnesses under his belt Marcus has produced an incredibly detailed volume. This is no armchair researcher, but a man who works in the field, and as a country farmer knows his animals.

Two decades worth of research is now, for the first time, available to the general public. After languishing unpublished for 17 years, the Centre for Fortean Zoology is now proud to present this legendary book.

· Paperback: 384 pages
· Publisher: CFZ Press (13 Jun 2007)
· Language English
· ISBN-10: 1905723121
· ISBN-13: 978-1905723126
· Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm

Marcus is available for interview. Photographs and review copies are also available. Please telephone Jon, mark, or Corinna on 01237 431413 for details

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on recent marriage!

Lovely bride and groom.

Please add link to

National Cryptozoological Society

Nessie and Bigfoot hunters.

http://www.nationalcryptozoologicalsocity.com

Thanks, Erik