Man-Eaters of Kumaon

First published in 1944, Man-Eaters of Kumaon is Jim Corbett's classic account of the tigers and leopards he was called upon to hunt in the hills of northern India, among them the Champawat man-eater and the Leopard of Panar.

Written with the patience of a tracker and the eye of a naturalist, these are not trophy-hunting tales. Corbett walks the reader through the forest as he read it — a call, a pug mark, a shift in the light — and writes with real tenderness about the villagers living under the shadow of these animals. The book became an international bestseller and remains one of the finest pieces of writing on the Indian jungle.