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The Second Jim Corbett Omnibus | 
 enlarge | Author: Jim Corbett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.35
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Sales Rank: 342384
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 019562968X
EAN: 9780195629682
ASIN: 019562968X
Publication Date: January 2001
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Jim Corbett is world famous for his classic man-eater stories. However, the three volumes collected here show a very different side to this remarkable man. In My India, he describes the villages of the Kumaon Hills, and the customs and lifestyles of the people he encountered. Jungle Lore is the closest Corbett ever came to writing an autobiography, combining recollections of his earliest days with frank views on the need for conservation which were well ahead of their time. Finally, in Tree Tops, the only book Corbett set outside his beloved India, he captures the savage beauty of Kenya's wildlife as well as telling the story of the royal visit of 1952, during which Princess Elizabeth learned she was Queen.
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Edward James Corbett - Gentleman, Philanthropist, Sportsman April 6, 2008
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Few sportsmen have had as profound an effect on the collective psyche of a nation as Jim Corbett has had on that of the people of India. Edward James Corbett was born in 1875 and raised in the Kumaon region of what is now Uttaranchal. While most people associate Corbett's name with tigers and the National Park that was named after him posthumously, relatively few are aware of interesting and enchanting life that he lead. Jim's life was characterized by a simplicity and generosity of a different age. His humble upbringing and proximity to nature instilled in him qualities that endeared him to all who came into contact with him.
I was first introduced to Jim's world through his more well known books such as The Man-Eaters of Kumaon and the The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, which I read while at boarding school in India. The stories were riveting and I was always amazed by the detail with which he was able to describe the area in which the events took place. This book is no exception. Although it is possible that he kept a detailed diary of his hunting expeditions, I imagine that his detailed descriptions of the lay of the land and the flora and fauna he encountered were drawn from memory. Steeped as he was in "Jungle Lore" from an early age, it is not impossible to imagine that we was able to recreate the scene of a hunt in his mind much the same way that a blind-folded chess player can recreate a game step by step after it has been played.
This book contains a collection of stories from different periods of his life. It covers his early childhood, his time at Mokemah Ghat as well as his time in Kenya post Indian Independence. It is extremely well written.
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