Jim Corbett
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Edward James Corbett was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 mem
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The Western Front in 1918; in January, Corbett was posted near Peronne (in the shaded area), which would be overrun in March by the German spring offensive.
Corbett crouching over the Leopard of Rudraprayag
Corbett with the slain Bachelor of Powalgarh, 1930
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
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Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a 1944 book written by hunter-naturalist Jim Corbett. It details the experiences that Corbett had in the Kumaon region of India from the 1900s to the 1930s, while hunting man-e
Jim Corbett
…author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of Kumaon. In his later years, he became an outspoken advocate of the nascent conservation movement. Born in Nainital, Corbett explored and hunted in the jungles…
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Man-Eater of Kumaon, 2005 painting by Merab Abramishvili.