JIM CORBETT'S INDIA: STORIES SELECTED BY R.E. HAWKINS.
1978 1st edition thus. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppvi,250. B/w frontispiece photograph. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.
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 Includes one chapter previously unpublished (on a "wolf-child"), and one chapter from the rare privately-published "Jungle Stories."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.
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 Includes one chapter previously unpublished (on a "wolf-child"), and one chapter from the rare privately-published "Jungle Stories."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.
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Book Code
49141
| Author | Corbett (Jim), Hawkins (R.E.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 49141 |
| ISBN | 0192129686 / 0192129686. |
| Book Description | Fine copy in slightly used dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1978 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press. |
| Place | Oxford. |