Condition: Great: Great condition for a used book! Very minor wear. See images for the condition of this book. First Adventure Library Edition. "The Adventure Library specialized in reprinting classics of adventure, exploration, discovery, and survival. The books themselves are quite well made and distinctive: wrapped in linen spines, laminated two-color cover illustrations without text, Smythe-sewn bindings, acid-free cream stock, and in most editions photographs, and black and white illustrations
Blurb: Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a sahib Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot. Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to achieve a legendary reputation as a hunter.
Corbett was also an author of great renown. His books on the man-eating tigers he once tracked are not only established classics, but have by themselves created almost a separate literary genre. Man Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, one which offers ten fascinating and spine-tingling tales of pursuing and shooting tigers in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of this century. The stories also offer first-hand information about the exotic flora, fauna, and village life in this obscure and treacherous region of India, making it as interesting a travelogue as it is a compelling look at a bygone era of big-game hunting.