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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.
| Author's Note | 1 | |
| The Champawat Man-Eater | ||
| Robin | 28 | |
| The Chowgarh Tigers | 39 | |
| The Bachelor of Powalgarh | 91 | |
| The Mohan Man-Eater | 105 | |
| The Fish of My Dreams | 135 | |
| The Kanda Man-Eater | 141 | |
| The Pipal Pani Tiger | 155 | |
| The Thak Man-Eater | 165 | |
| Just Tigers | 212 |
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Posted Mon May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2007
Absolutely an astonishing man,hunter,conservationalist,desperate lover of India and it's innocent people. No one beat his hunting stories forever. I always remain a big fan of him.I can read his books anytime countlessly.
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Posted Thu Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2011
I purchased the origional 1946 hard-cover editon about 25 years ago for 10 cents at a library book sale. This first publication sat on my bookshelf for about 2 years before I began to read it. Since then, I have read it about 20 times. Captivating to say the least-thrilling to the most, it sets you up for the big events all through the chapters. A must read for everyone.
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Posted Sun Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 2005
Breath taking!! Book gives deep inside in life in 1920s. Corbetts courage, knowledge, jusdgement, stamina, percieverance and love makes him my hero. The book gave me a new outlook towards my own life. A must read for every one.
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Posted Sat Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2005
I first read this book, Maneaters of Kumaon, as a young woman, and in turn read it to my sister who loves tigers as much as I. Jim Corbett became my hero from that moment, and tigers, my favorite animal. Get ready to sit on the edge of your seat.
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Posted Thu Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2005
I read this book as a kid and loved it even more in 2005. Very detailed descriptions of tracking and outwitting exteremely dangerous tigers and leopards in the Nepal forests before most of the tigers were shot, the population grew and all the tourists arrived.
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Posted Sat Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2002
An utterly astounding account of intuitive human battle against nature's most powerful and cunning hunters. These rogue tigers, turned from their normal prey to humans, are the most formidible carnivores on earth. When all else has failed, Jim Corbett faces them, and he does so alone.
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Posted Tue Mar 19 00:00:00 EST 2002
This was the first book of Corbett's that I read, and I was hooked from the start. Corbett's intelligence in hunting these maneaters is remarkable. The intensity of the situations he describes had me sitting on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next. This book, as well as his others, are full of close calls and pure excitement. A must read for all hunters and outdoorsman. Definitely a page turner.
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Posted Thu Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2001
These storys are exact with skill and courage beyond the average man in the face of danger that take you back to the days of the rule of tooth and claw...
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Posted Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2001
Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a captivating book that will immediatelly grab you and keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page has turned. Filled with the true tales of Jim Corbett, a hunter on man-eating tigers in the Kumaon region of India. Corbett has written and lived 'The Ghost in the Darkness' of the tiger world. This book is packed full of history and adventure, a great read even for those that find history dull.
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Posted Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2001
Ok. I haven't read origanal english book but translated book in Marathi language here in India. Intersting. I read it 3 years before and even nowdays keep reading repeatedly. Not only this book but all books written by Jim Corbett are just amazing. I love that man. You will experiance a really beautiful, dangerous,different,interesting and lovable world not only with this book but with all other books written by jim corbett. You must Must read this book and all other books of jim corbett.
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Posted Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2001
This is a glimpse of a life that I find facinating. I have never hunted but I see how this book explains the importance at times to know how. I feel like I have just left India. It is such a visual book.
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Overview
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...