JIM CORBETT'S INDIA: STORIES SELECTED BY R.E. HAWKINS.
(1978) 1991 reprint. Small 8vo paperback (129 x 196mm). Ppvi,250 + 14pp ads. B/w frontispiece photograph, maps.
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 Includes one chapter previously unpublished (on a "wolf-child"), and one chapter from the rare privately-published "Jungle Stories."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 Includes one chapter previously unpublished (on a "wolf-child"), and one chapter from the rare privately-published "Jungle Stories."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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44622
| Author | Corbett (Jim), Hawkins (R.E.). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 44622 |
| ISBN | 0192820427 / 0192820427. |
| Book Description | Cover quite marked. Internally fine. |
| Book Cover | Paperback |
| Published Date | 1990 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press. |
| Place | Oxford and New York. |