Man-Eaters of Kumaon

Jim Corbett hunted tigers that had begun hunting people, and these ten accounts come from his own nights in the Kumaon hills. The writing sits closer to field record than to trophy story. The Champawat tiger and the Chowgarh animal, which killed dozens of villagers before Corbett tracked it, stand at the centre of the collection, but the detail readers remember is often quieter: the reading of pugmarks, the behaviour of jungle birds, the long waits in fading light. Corbett's later work in conservation gives these hunts a complicated afterlife that the book itself begins to acknowledge. What sets it apart: • Ten first-hand accounts from the Kumaon hills • Close observation of jungle tracking and animal behaviour • Village life and fear recorded alongside the hunts • A foundational title in Indian wildlife writing A strong pick for readers of adventure and wildlife non-fiction, naturalists and anyone interested in the Himalayan foothills, available through Boipoka.