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Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Christopher Steel - Goodreads

More than just a thrilling book, this is a surprisingly humane and sensitive selection of stories for which it would be hard to find an equivalent. Corbett could understand the animal "languages" of ... Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Chris Wright - Goodreads

I bought this book while travelling in India and Pakistan and read it resting on a charpoy with a fan turning overhead. It still brings back India to me now. There will never be another Jim Corbett ... Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Jaya Kumar K - Goodreads

The last of Jim Corbett, "The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon" accounts some of his unique experiences in Himalayas. The books brings out the hunter-cum-conservationist's acute ... Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Ensiform - Goodreads

An account of Corbett's experiences hunting tigers and in one instance a leopard. The man personifies the typical pulp hero --- utterly without fear, nonchalantly heroic and replete with amusing ... Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Tim - Goodreads

A beautifully written book that provides a glimpse into the world that Jim Corbett loved and that has now vanished. Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Greg - Goodreads

This is a really riveting book. Jim Corbett recounts several man-eating tigers and leopards that he sorted out in the border area between India and Nepal in the early 20th century. Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Rajeshkz - Goodreads

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Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Debby - Goodreads

Jim Corbett is the quintessional English story teller and Shikari...who hunted and lived in India the same time period as my grand father whom my brother said met/knew Jim Corbett. Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Diva - Goodreads

what else can i do but be a bit more awed by my own nation's forests, and a lot of respect of Sir Corbett Read full review

Review: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon

User Review  - Sooraj Raju - Goodreads

A hair raising experience with an elusive tiger and many other stories. I just love the confidence Jim renders while he is narrating. Read full review

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