TY  - BOOK
AU  - Corbett, Jim
TI  - Man- eaters of Kumaon 
SN  - 195622332
U1  - 799.2 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Tiger
KW  - India--Kumaun
KW  - Hunting
KW  - Tiger hunting
KW  - Asia--Kumaun Himalaya
KW  - Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955
KW  - North India
KW  - Big game hunting
N2  - 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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