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This is the Merlin Unwin Books edition and is the only one currently available which contains the iconic Raymond Sheppard illustrations which capture with remarkable verve and accuracy the dramatic highlight of each story. All royalties from the sale of the Merlin Unwin Books hardback edition go to the Corbett tiger reserve in India.
The presence of a man-eating tiger in the Indian province of Naini Tal spread fear and panic throughout the impoverished...
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Jim Corbett, ace hunter and inimitable raconteur, was also a gifted observer, not just of the jungle but also of the people around him. In the seventeen sketches included in The Hunter's Friends, readers will meet the men and women Corbett lived, hunted and worked with, both in Kumaon, Corbett's stomping grounds for most of his life, and in Mokameh Ghat, where he was, employed by the Railways.
'Kunwar Singh', intrepid poacher of the Kaladhungi jungles,...
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The Fortunate Tiger and Other Close Encounters selects the most thrilling adventures of Jim Corbett of Kumaon, legendary hunter and author.
Corbett, who bagged his first leopard at ten, with a rifle won in a marksmanship competition, ranged far-and-wide across Kumaon and Garhwal for much of his life, rescuing villages terrorized by man-eating felines. And, in the stories of his exploits, 'The Fortunate Tiger', which seemed to enjoy divine, protection...
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xvi, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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"American Sniper meets Jaws: The gripping true account of the Champawat Tiger, the deadliest animal of all time (killer of an astonishing 436 humans), and Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter who brought it down in 1907"--
Nepal, c. 1900: The single deadliest animal in recorded history began stalking humans, moving like a phantom through the lush foothills of the Himalayas. As the death toll reached an astonishing 436 lives, a young local hunter was...
7) Love nest
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jim Scott is an aspiring writer who, together with wife Connie, move into the basement of the apartment building that they have bought. Jim's hope to make a profit are thwarted by the everyday travails of maintaining the building and taking care of the needs of their tenants. Charming con artist Charley targets Eadie as his latest victim and when he is finally caught, he generously offers to tell his story to Jim, thereby launching Jim's career in...
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