The Oxford India Illustrated Corbett

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Oxford University Press, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 306 pages
This is a richly illustrated anthology of the great hunter and conservationist's best writing, selected from his many popular works. The collection is meant to represent all phases of the great tiger hunter's life and adventures.

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Contents

Jungle Lore
1
The Champawat ManEater
58
The Temple Tiger
88
Copyright

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The Oxford India Illustrated Corbett
Jim Corbett
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Almora Almora district animal approached arrived Bala Singh bear birds blood breakfast buffalo bungalow bushes camp carried cattle Chamari Champawat Champawat tiger Chuka climbed cooee Dabidhura Dalkania dead dense distance face feet fifty yards fired followed forest Garhwal ghooral girl goat going gone grass Haldwani Harkwar head headman heard hill hillside human hundred yards Ibbotson India jungle kakar Kaladhungi kill Kosi river Kumaon Kunthi Ladhya leaving legs leopard looking lying machan man-eater Man-Eaters of Kumaon meal miles minutes Mokameh Ghat morning Naini Naini Tal occasion open ground Panar Panar leopard path pug marks Railway Ramnagar ravine returned ridge rifle road rock rope running Sahib sambhar saplings seen shikar shoot shot shouting side sitting spot stalk started steep stream Tahsildar Thak tiger tigress told track tree Trisul valley village vultures walk woman wound

About the author (2004)

Hunter, naturalist, and conservationist, Jim Corbett is famous for slaying man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon region of northern India. Frequently appealed to by the government of the United Provinces during the 1920s and the 1930s for help, Corbett is known to have shot nineteen tigers and fourteen leopards-all man-eaters. Corbett was encouraged to write about his hunting experiences by Roy E. Hawkins, manager of the Indian Branch of the Oxford University Press and a personal friend.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Oxford India Illustrated Corbett
Oxford India collection
AuthorJim Corbett
Editionillustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 2004
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized22 Aug 2008
ISBN019566874X, 9780195668742
Length306 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
History / Asia / General
Literary Criticism / General
Sports & Recreation / Essays
Sports & Recreation / Hunting
Travel / Asia / India & South Asia
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
  
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