1946 "First American Edition" stated on copyright page; Oxford University Press publishers, New York; "With an Introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett, Governor of the United Provinces and a Preface by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, 1936-1943"; hardbound; good condition with unmarked pages except for original owners name inscribed on front black page; boards good with some minor edge wear and tear; no dust jacket.
 
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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.