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Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a "sahib" Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot.
Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to achieve a legendary reputation as a hunter.
Corbett was also an author of great renown. His books on the man-eating tigers he once tracked are not only established classics, but have by themselves created almost a separate literary genre.
Man Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, one which offers ten fascinating and spine-tingling tales of pursuing and shooting tigers in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of this century.
The stories also offer first-hand information about the exotic flora, fauna, and village life in this obscure and treacherous region of India, making it as interesting a travelogue as it is a compelling look at a bygone era of big-game hunting.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:10/08/1989
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- ISBN:9780195622553
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, maps
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:10/08/1989
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195622553
