This collection includes Jim Corbett's unpublished writings on man-eaters, nature, and his beloved Kumaon, personal letters, articles written for newspapers and gazettes by his contemporaries, and letters exchanged between Corbett and his publisher showcasing the development of his bestselling books-all from the archives of the Oxford University Press.
This collection includes Jim Corbett's unpublished writings on man-eaters, nature, and his beloved Kumaon, personal letters, articles written for newspapers and gazettes by his contemporaries, and letters exchanged between Corbett and his publisher showcasing the development of his bestselling books-all from the archives of the Oxford University Press.
Jim Corbett (1875-1855), well-known hunter, naturalist, conservationist, is the author of six books, including Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1944), The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (1947), and My India (1952).
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* Publisher's Note * Timeline * Preface: 'How I Came to Write ' * A Life Well Lived: An Introduction to Jim Corbett by Lord Hailey * SECTION ONE: THE UNPUBLISHED CORBETT-The Night Jar's Egg * 'One of Us' * From My Jungle Camp * The Rudraprayag Letters * Corbett on The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag * The Making of Corbett's My India: Correspondence with his Editors * 'Shooting' Tigers: Corbett and the Camera * Wildlife in the Village: An Environmental Appeal * An Englishman in India * Life in Kenya * SECTION TWO: CORBETT AND HIS AUDIENCE-'The Artlessness of his Art' * The Man Revealed: Corbett in his Writings * The Universal Appeal of Jim Corbett: Letters and Reviews * Deliverance for Rudraprayag: Reactions to the Slaying of the Man-eating Leopard by Corbett * Corbett's Influence: Man-Eaters of Kumaon and the Chhindwara Court Case * Epigraph
* Publisher's Note * Timeline * Preface: 'How I Came to Write ' * A Life Well Lived: An Introduction to Jim Corbett by Lord Hailey * SECTION ONE: THE UNPUBLISHED CORBETT-The Night Jar's Egg * 'One of Us' * From My Jungle Camp * The Rudraprayag Letters * Corbett on The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag * The Making of Corbett's My India: Correspondence with his Editors * 'Shooting' Tigers: Corbett and the Camera * Wildlife in the Village: An Environmental Appeal * An Englishman in India * Life in Kenya * SECTION TWO: CORBETT AND HIS AUDIENCE-'The Artlessness of his Art' * The Man Revealed: Corbett in his Writings * The Universal Appeal of Jim Corbett: Letters and Reviews * Deliverance for Rudraprayag: Reactions to the Slaying of the Man-eating Leopard by Corbett * Corbett's Influence: Man-Eaters of Kumaon and the Chhindwara Court Case * Epigraph
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