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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Corbett, Jim
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
Item Price
€32.64€26.12
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. 3rd printing. Square and unmarked. Full red cloth binding. Map endpapers. 235pp. Photos. Introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett. Preface by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India 1936-43. Jacket is four-corner clipped and rubbed. New mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 072188
- Title
- Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Author
- Corbett, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Keywords
- Tigers Man-Eating Asia India Hunting Chowgarth Powalgarh Mohan Kanda Pipal Pani Thak
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pets & Animals;
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