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Carpet Sahib: A Life of Jim Corbett

The document provides a biography of Jim Corbett, an Indian hunter known for killing man-eating tigers and leopards. It details his childhood in India, career as a hunter of problem animals, and later work as a conservationist. The biography is divided into multiple chapters covering different periods of his life and accomplishments.

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Carpet Sahib: A Life of Jim Corbett

The document provides a biography of Jim Corbett, an Indian hunter known for killing man-eating tigers and leopards. It details his childhood in India, career as a hunter of problem animals, and later work as a conservationist. The biography is divided into multiple chapters covering different periods of his life and accomplishments.

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Carpet Sahib

A LIFE OF JIM CORBETT

MARTIN BOOTH

DELHI
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CALCUTTA CHENNAI MUMBAI
CONTENTS

Introduction 13

I Those Who Went East 15


2 The Postmaster of Naini Tal 26
3 A Jungle Childhood 37
4 The Young Shikari 5i
5 From the Farm Yard to the Railways 61
6 Captain Corbett 89
7 A Man of Substance 109
8 The First Man-eaters 133
9 A Time of Gradual Realisations 157
10 The Rudraprayag Leopard 186
11 Critic, Conservationist and Lieutenant Colonel 207
12 Author and Africa 227

Envoi 251
Appendices 253
Index 266

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