Authors: Jim Corbett
ISBN-13: 9780195622553, ISBN-10: 0195622553
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: June 1993
Edition: Reprint
Jim Corbett, who died in 1955, gave up big-game hunting in the 1920s as he became an ardent conservationist. His other books include Jungle Lore and My India, both published by Oxford.
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.
Author's Note | 1 | |
The Champawat Man-Eater | ||
Robin | 28 | |
The Chowgarh Tigers | 39 | |
The Bachelor of Powalgarh | 91 | |
The Mohan Man-Eater | 105 | |
The Fish of My Dreams | 135 | |
The Kanda Man-Eater | 141 | |
The Pipal Pani Tiger | 155 | |
The Thak Man-Eater | 165 | |
Just Tigers | 212 |