Wild Fire: The Splendours Of India'S Animal Kingdom, Part 2 Of The Indian Wildlife Trilogy
Developed and edited by Valmik Thapar, one of our foremost wildlife experts, the book is divided into three sections. The first section, �Thoughts from Elsewhere�, written by Thapar, takes the reader on a quick tour of the country�s natural heritage in the twenty-first century. It provides an overview of mammalian distribution, the characteristics of individual species, the evolution of the country�s wildlife habitats, threats to the environment and much else besides. The second section, �The Wildlife Chronicles�collects the finest accounts of India�s animals from the first century onwards. It has stories about the great predators�tigers, leopards, snow leopards, lions, golden cats and others; magnificent herbivores like the elephant, rhino, wild ox and the various species of deer and antelope; evocative accounts of some of the most striking animals in the country including monkeys, squirrels and other arboreal creatures; as well as reports of rare sightings of river dolphins, bats, shrews and other lesser-known members of the animal kingdom. Contributors to this section include travellers, hunters, writers, photographers and naturalists such as Pliny the Elder, Ibn Battuta, Babur, Akbar, Fran�ois Bernier, Isabel Savory, Jim Corbett, George Schaller, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, E.R.C. Davidar, Peter Jackson and Ruskin Bond. The third section, �Wild Fire�, contains a selection of some of the finest photographs ever taken of India�s mammals. The most comprehensive book on Indian mammals ever published. Content culled from over a million words on Indian mammals by the world�s top wildlife writers. Rare pictures selected from tens of thousands of exclusive pictures by the world�s top wildlife photographers. Most of the world�s top writers on Indian mammals represented in the volume. Some of these pictures have never been seen before. Written and edited by one of India�s greatest living naturalists, Valmik Thapar.
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
