Table of Contents

PUBLISHER'S NOTE ; TIMELINE ; PREFACE: 'HOW I CAME TO WRITE ' ; A LIFE WELL LIVED: AN INTRODUCTION TO JIM CORBETT BY LORD HAILEY ; SECTION ONE: THE UNPUBLISHED CORBETT-THE NIGHT JAR'S EGG ; 'ONE OF US' ; FROM MY JUNGLE CAMP ; THE RUDRAPRAYAG LETTERS ; CORBETT ON THE MAN-EATING LEOPARD OF RUDRAPRAYAG ; THE MAKING OF CORBETT'S MY INDIA: CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS EDITORS ; 'SHOOTING' TIGERS: CORBETT AND THE CAMERA ; WILDLIFE IN THE VILLAGE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPEAL ; AN ENGLISHMAN IN INDIA ; LIFE IN KENYA ; SECTION TWO: CORBETT AND HIS AUDIENCE-'THE ARTLESSNESS OF HIS ART' ; THE MAN REVEALED: CORBETT IN HIS WRITINGS ; THE UNIVERSAL APPEAL OF JIM CORBETT: LETTERS AND REVIEWS ; DELIVERANCE FOR RUDRAPRAYAG: REACTIONS TO THE SLAYING OF THE MAN-EATING LEOPARD BY CORBETT ; CORBETT'S INFLUENCE: MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON AND THE CHHINDWARA COURT CASE ; EPIGRAPH

About the Author

Jim Corbett (1875-1855), well-known hunter, naturalist, conservationist, is the author of six books, including Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1944), The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (1947), and My India (1952).