MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON BY JIM CORBETT

"MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON" BY JIM CORBETT. HARDCOVER, CLOTHBOUND, 212 PAGES, 1950, INSCRIPTION FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

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.