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In his introduction to a collection of corbetts stories, hawkins describes how this book came into his hands. Buy maneaters of kumaon oxford india paperbacks new ed by jim corbett isbn. It details the experiences that corbett had in the kumaon region of india from the 1900s to the 1930s, while hunting man eating bengal tigers and indian leopards. Second impression with a rare portrait of corbett in malindi, drawn by his nephew, the famous artist and author ray nestor on the back flap of the dustjacket.
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