Most of Jim Corbett's books contain collections of stories that recount adventures tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalaya. This volume, however, consists of a single story, often considered the most exciting of all Corbett's jungle tales. He gives a carefully-detailed account of a notorious leopard that terrorized life in the hills of the colonial United Provinces. This story represents Corbett's most sustained and unique effort.
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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 hunts and experiences, which enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial success. He became an avid photographer and spoke out for the need to protect India's wildlife from extermination.
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Etat : New. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). pp. vi + 164 Illus., Maps. N° de réf. du vendeur 6428006
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Vendeur : Biblios, Frankfurt am main, HESSE, Allemagne
Etat : New. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). pp. vi + 164 Epilogue. N° de réf. du vendeur 181419955
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Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Paperback, 2002). (1948) 2008 Indian paperback reprint. 8vo paperback (138 x 215mm). Ppvi,165,ii[map]. Illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, end-paper map. Slight use but solidly intact second-hand paperback. "The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit." "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling." (Times Literary Supplement). . N° de réf. du vendeur 63174
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Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Paperback, 1991). (1948) 1991 Indian paperback edition. 8vo paperback (139 x 216mm). Ppvi,191. Illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, end-paper map. Slightly used and browned but a good second-hand copy. "The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit." "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling." (Times Literary Supplement). . N° de réf. du vendeur 63172
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Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Paperback, 1984). (1948) 1984 8th impression. 12mo paperback (119 x 179mm). Ppvi,191. Illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, end-paper map. Browned and used, reading crease to spine but a good copy of this scarce Indian edition. "The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit." "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling." (Times Literary Supplement). . N° de réf. du vendeur 63173
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Etat : Fine. Raymond Sheppard. (illustrateur). Glossy card cover, 191 pages, plus map at back. A firm straight unmarked book. N° de réf. du vendeur 041445
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Etat : New. Sheppard, Raymond (illustrateur). Über den AutorRenowned shikariKlappentextrnrnJim Corbett s books are usually collections of stories about how he tracked and shot man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas. The present volume consists of a single story,. N° de réf. du vendeur 1232700496
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