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UGG .... AI preview ... Jungle Stories is a book by James Edward Corbett that was privately published in 1935: Author James Edward Corbett (1875 - 1955) was an Indian-born British hunter, naturalist, tracker, and author. He was a colonel in the British Indian Army and hunted man-eating tigers and leopards in the Indian subcontinent. Content The book contains seven stories about Corbett's jungle encounters, including "Wild Life in the Village: An Appeal", "The Pipal Pani Tiger", and "The Chowgarh Tigers". Publication The book was privately published in 1935, with only 100 copies distributed to friends. Corbett later used the stories as the basis for his 1944 book Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Corbett also wrote other books about his hunts and experiences, including: The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (1948), My India (1952), Jungle Lore (1953), The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1954), and Tree Tops (1955). |