Book Description
This is a richly illustrated anthology of the great hunter and conservationist's best writing, selected from his many popular works. The collection is meant to represent all phases of the great tiger hunter's life and adventures.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 24,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This is a richly illustrated anthology of the great hunter and conservationist's best writing, selected from his many popular works. The collection is meant to represent all phases of the great tiger hunter's life and adventures.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789353040666
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : OUP India
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2006-11-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780195684285
Mixing with local people and speaking their dialects when such behaviour was considered taboo among the English, empathizing with his workers and the villagers, answering their distress call at all times-this is the other side of the fearless hunter, famous conservationist, and at times rational trophy collector. The current volume brings together a selection of Corbett's writings which reveal the full flair of his personality-his hunting prowess, as also his closeness to the people and the land where he grew up.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : Ponytale Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9380637802
Jim Corbett is famous for his exploits as a hunter, but there was so much more to the man than tracking down man-eating tigers and leopards. In fact, ‘Carpet Sahib’ (as many Indians called him) was a conservationist at heart, with a deep love for jungles – its flora and fauna; and its inhabitants – the birds and the animals, and the people – who lived in the lush Kumaon hills. It is this side of Corbett that comes to the fore in Jungle Lore. Almost autobiographical in nature, Jungle Lore sees Corbett talk of his boyhood, the people he met, lessons he learnt in absorbing the jungle, his concern for the jungles and environment, and of course, there are doses of hunting expeditions too. There is even the odd story of detection and of supernatural sightings. Jungle Lore is the first book anyone should read on Jim Corbett. Simply because it is about Jim Corbett the man who went on to become a famous hunter.
Author : Verrier Elwin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
From presenting, in Elwin's own words, the account of his going to work among the tribal peoples of central India, to affording glimpses of his seminal work on the unique institution of the ghotul among the Murias of Bastar, or relating Elwin's attempts at understanding the high incidence of murder and suicide among the Bison-horn Marias of Bastar, The Oxford India Elwin looks beyond the general and the oft-repeated to include within its covers the many fascinating discoveries that Verrier Elwin made while working among the different tribal communities in India. While the Introduction to Folk Songs of the Maikal Hills discusses the principles of translating folk poetry, the importance of the elements of nature, magic, the supernatural, and song and dance in tribal life is highlighted through selections from The Myths of Middle India. Whether providing glimpses of Elwin's travels in the remote Northeast, or discussing the effects of 'civilization' on tribal art, or describing the Naga people and their customs, or presenting the myths of the NEFA region, the effort is to bring the man, his thoughts and actions, the contributions he made towards upholding and preserving the cultural diversity of the Subcontinent, closer to readers through a single volume which will be both accessible and affordable. The book will be a valuable addition to the Oxford India Collection which includes the writings of Ghalib, Premchand, Ramanujan, Nehru, and Gandhi. Armed with a useful and perceptive Introduction by G.N. Devy, this edition will appeal to all those who know and adore Elwin, as also students and researchers of anthropology, cultural studies, and Indian history.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : OUP India
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 26,20 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198082894
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.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,4 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Here, For The First Time, Three Classic Corbett Books Within The Covers Of One Hardback Voume, Jungle Lore; My India; Tree Tops.
Author : Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel laureate, one of the greatest figures in world literature Focus on nationalism and education, themes of topical relevance Includes critical introduction and select bibliography Fits in with our clutch of books on Tagore
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 1997-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788129141859
This is the last of Jim Corbett's books on his unique and thrilling hunting experiences in the Indian Himalayas. Concluding the narrative begun in the famous Man-Eaters of Kumaon, Corbett writes with an acute awareness of all jungle sights and sounds, his words charged with a great love for human beings that lay within his hunting terrain. These qualities are what make these stories vintage Corbett.
Author : Jim Corbett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :