Jim Corbett of Kumaon

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited, Oct 30, 2009 - Literary Collections - 182 pages
Jim Corbett (1875-1955) was born in Naini Tal and spent most of his life in the hills of Kumaon. He is considered a hero for keeping the forested area intact and tracking and killing maneating leopards. Jim Corbett of Kumaon, the first extended biography of the great man, was originally published in 1979 and remains an important and pioneering sourcebook. It evokes Corbett's life and world with unrivalled knowledge and authenticity, perhaps because the author too belonged to the mountains of Kumaon and Garhwal so loved by Corbett. Jim Corbett of Kumaon has been a great favourite of Corbett fans for many years. This revised edition will be widely welcomed by a new generation of readers.

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About the author (2009)

D.C. Kala was a news editor with a leading Delhi paper and the author of a biography on Frederick ‘Pahari’ Wilson, an early White hunter and timber magnate who operated in the Bhagirath valley.

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