Jim Corbett

My Kumaon

Uncollected Writings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection includes Jim Corbett's unpublished writings on man-eaters, nature, and his beloved Kumaon, personal letters, articles written for newspapers and gazettes by his contemporaries, and letters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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP India
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9780198082897
• ISBN-10: 0198082894
• Artikelnr.: 35482662

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

* 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* SECTION ONE: THE UNPUBLISHED CORBETT-The Night Jar's Egg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