The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag - Couverture souple

Corbett, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195622561 ISBN 13 : 9780195622560

Editeur : OUP India, 1997

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195622561
• ISBN 13: 9780195622560
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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