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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by CORBETT, Jim
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Mainly Fiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021190
- Title
- Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Author
- CORBETT, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second UK Edition.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fishing and Hunting;
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