The Jim Corbett Omnibus Ii
Jim Corbett . RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD. . English
This comprehensive volume contains some of Jim Corbett?s best known books including�My India, a memoir of the days he spent among the people of India; Jungle Lore, which talks about the fragility of nature and his despair at humanity?s estrangement from the environment around them; and�Tree Tops, wherein he recalls his final days in the Kenyan game reserves. Written in Corbett?s clear, simple style and enlivened by his descriptions of jungle sights and sounds and village life, this is a must-read for those interested in wildlife and tiger tales.
Categories: Fiction
About the Author
Edward James Corbett�(25 July 1875 - 19 April 1955) was an Indian-born British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in the Indian subcontinent. He held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was frequently called upon by the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to kill man-eating tigers and leopards that were preying on people in the nearby villages of the Kumaon-Garhwal Regions. He authored�Man-Eaters of Kumaon,�Jungle Lore, and other books recounting his time in the jungle.
