Man-Eaters of Kumaon - Oxford India Paperbacks (Paperback)
Jim Corbett (author)Published: 10/08/1989
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195622553
Number of pages: 228
Weight: 221 g
Dimensions: 215 x 140 x 12 mm
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It was not only the ripping-yarn action of the stories and the engrossing narratives that held me, I was just as much taken by the man who recounted them. Through the most riveting episodes, his compassionate character and quiet voice seemed personally to speak to me ... The book has never paled, never dated, and I have never forgotten its significance or the astonishing, gentle man who wrote it. - Martin Booth, The Sunday Times
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This superb book contains ten stories of the hunts for man eaters. Corbett is an enthralling writer, drawing you into the hunt with so many details of jungle and village life. I love this and Corbett's other... More
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