JIM CORBETT'S INDIA: STORIES SELECTED BY R.E. HAWKINS.
Corbett (Jim), Hawkins (R.E.).
ISBN 10: 0192820427 ISBN 13: 9780192820426
Editorial: Oxford University Press. Oxford & New York. 1991, 1987
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Descripción:
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1990). (1978) 1991 reprint. 8vo paperback (129 x 196mm). Ppviii,250 + 14pp ads. B/w frontispiece photograph, maps. Very good second-hand paperback. Extracts from Corbett's books. Includes one chapter previously unpublished (on a "wolf-child"), and one chapter from the rare privately-published "Jungle Stories." The stories have been selected by R.E. Hawkins, Corbett's publisher and editor, who has also provided an introduction on the man, his life and his work. Chapters include: Kunwar Singh; Schooldays; Loyalty; Life at Mokameh Ghat; Mothi; The law of the jungles; The Muktesar man-eater; The Panar leopard; Goongi; The Pipal Pani tiger; The pilgrim road; Terror; Vigil on a pine-tree; The Chowgarth tigers; The bachelor of Powalgarh; The fish of my dreams; Robin; Wild life in the village: an appeal; The Mohan man-eater; Just tigers; On man-eating; Looking back. . N° de ref. del artículo 60355
Sinopsis:
Jim Corbett's name has become legendary, and his stories of tiger-hunting expeditions have become classics of adventure. Over the years, the books in which he described these expeditions and his daily life in India achieved bestseller status around the world. Here is a selection of 22 of his most popular writings, taken from Man-eaters of Kumaon, My India, Jungle Lore, and other volumes. In these stories, Corbett tells not only of the tracking and shooting of the man-eating leopards and tigers of India, and the amazing feats of skill and courage that saved people from the Panar leopard, the Chowgarh tigress, and the Muktesar maneater, but also of his love for India and the people with whom he lived and worked. Corbett's vivid and evocative descriptions of the people, the countryside, and its wildlife reveal him to be not only a world-class hunter, but also an ardent conservationist with an intimate knowledge of the mysterious Indian jungle.
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Jim Corbett has written numerous short stories about his experiences in India. R.E. Hawkins was Corbett's publisher at Oxford University Press.
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Título: JIM CORBETT'S INDIA: STORIES SELECTED BY R.E...
Editorial: Oxford University Press. Oxford & New York. 1991
Año de publicación: 1987
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda