{"product_id":"the-corbett-papers-9789393701398","title":"The Corbett Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Akshay Shah | Stephen Alter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hi-Is \u0026amp; Pod\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Black Kite\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJim Corbett, the famous naturalist-hunter, wrote a series of bestsellers about his experiences with wildlife in the jungles of North India. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMan-Eaters of Kumaon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1944), his first book, has sold more than 4 million copies. Few people know that some of the stories in that book were earlier published in a slender volume titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJungle Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, only a hundred copies of which were printed by Corbett for friends in his hometown, Nainital. The entire text of this privately published and long vanished book is reproduced here, along with papers that Corbett's first biographer, D.C. Kala, acquired during his research.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Corbett Papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also includes the unpublished reminiscences of Jim by his sister Maggie, and rare extracts from a forgotten work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Taming of the Jungle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, by Corbett's half-brother Charles Doyle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eD.C. Kala's writings from the mid-1950s describing what is now the Corbett Park appear here too, as do extracts from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMemoirs of the Raj\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by G.R. Kala, a government official and contemporary of Corbett posted in the Kumaon regions where the hunter was most active. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinally, the full text of Jim Corbett's lengthy Last Will and Testament is reproduced, affording new insights into his character and state of mind at the end of his life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll readers of Corbett's compelling corpus will require this book to complete their collection of his inimitable writings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hi-Is \u0026 Pod","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47735779098775,"sku":"9789393701398","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789393701398.webp?v=1777464323","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-corbett-papers-9789393701398","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}