Jim Corbett

Première réunion des trois principaux ouvrages du célèbre Jim Corbett, en français.D'une famille anglaise installée aux Indes depuis trois générations, le major Corbett (1875-1955) est à la fois un aventurier, un ethnologue et un naturaliste... Lire la suite

In Tree Tops, Jim Corbett recounts one of his most extraordinary and personal adventures-a month-long stay in a treehouse deep in the forests of the Kumaon region, where he witnessed the majestic wildlife of India up close, in all its raw beauty.... Lire la suite

Edward James Corbett CIE VD (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was a British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India. He held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was... Lire la suite

‘Man-Eaters of Kumaon’ is the best known of Corbett's books, one which offers ten fascinating and spine-tingling tales of chasing and shooting tigers in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of this century. Corbett derived intense happiness... Lire la suite

Having read my dedication you may ask: 'Who are these H p oor of India that you mention?' 'What do you meanby “My India"?' The questions are justified. The world has developed the habit of using the word 'Indian' to denote an inhabitant of the great... Lire la suite

The Fortunate Tiger and Other Close Encounters selects the most thrilling adventures of Jim Corbett of Kumaon, legendary hunter and author. Corbett, who bagged his first leopard at ten, with a rifle won in a marksmanship competition, ranged far and... Lire la suite

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 19th Century. The stories also offer first... Lire la suite

This is the Merlin Unwin Books edition and is the only one currently available which contains the iconic Raymond Sheppard illustrations which capture with remarkable verve and accuracy the dramatic highlight of each story. All royalties from the... Lire la suite

of us – boys and girls ranging in age from eight to eighteen - were sitting on the wing wall of the old wooden cantilever bridge over the Boar river at Kaladhungi, listening to Dansay telling ghost stories. The bonfire we had made in the middle of... Lire la suite

JIM CORBETT'S STORY OF THE visit paid by Her Majesty the Queen to Tree Tops in 1952 was written only a short time before his sudden death in Kenya on 19 April 1955. He was then nearing his eightieth year. When he had visited England in 1951 he had... Lire la suite

" I had spent many nights in the jungle looking for game, but this was the first time I had ever spent a night looking for a man-eater." Man-eaters of Kumon contains ten first-hand accounts of Jim Corbett's jungle encounters. Describing his... Lire la suite

'Compulsory reading for anyone interested in the Irish Revolution.' – Dr Matthew Potter, curator of Limerick Museum During the Irish Civil War, between the 15 and 20 July 1922, the Republican-held Strand Barracks in Limerick, on what is now Clancy's... Lire la suite

Jim Corbett, ace hunter and inimitable raconteur, was also a gifted observer, not just of the jungle but also of the people around him. In the seventeen sketches included in The Hunter’s Friends, readers will meet the men and women Corbett lived,... Lire la suite

" In this classic work, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, Jim Corbett chronicles his most legendary hunts for man-eating tigers and leopards that terrorized the villages of the Kumaon region in northern India. A master storyteller, Corbett recounts his... Lire la suite

Step into the wild world of India's legendary hunter-turned- conservationist, Jim Corbell, in this definitive omnibus collection, Fusing adventure, nature, and profound insight, these timeless stories chronicle Corbett's daring expeditione into the... Lire la suite

The book chronicles Corbett's experiences hunting and tracking man-eating tigers and leopards that terrorized the villages of the Kumaon region. Corbett's expertise as a hunter and tracker allowed him to successfully locate and eliminate these... Lire la suite