THE MAN-EATING LEOPARD OF RUDRAPRAYAG. By Jim Corbett. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
(1948) 1954 1st illustrated edition. 8vo (131 x 202mm). Ppvi,191. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt.
"The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit". "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling". (Times Literary Supplement).
"The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit". "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling". (Times Literary Supplement).
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9089
| Author | Corbett (Edward James). (Jim Corbett). (1875-1955). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 9089 |
| ISBN | B003VZMKSG. |
| Book Description | Top edge slightly faded but very good in chipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1954 |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press. |
| Place | London. |