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Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks) Paperback - 1993
by Jim Corbett
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- Title Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks)
- Author Jim Corbett
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 228
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New Delhi, India
- Date April 11, 1993
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # A0195622553
- ISBN 9780195622553 / 0195622553
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.68 x 0.55 in (21.29 x 14.43 x 1.40 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Library of Congress subjects Tiger hunting - India - Kumaun
- Dewey Decimal Code 799.277
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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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I WAS shooting with Eddie Knowles in Malani when I first heard of the tiger which later received official recognition as the 'Champawat man-eater'.