JIM CORBETT SAVED HIMALAYANS FROM TIGERS OF MAN EATERS BORN 1875 JULY 25 -1955 APRIL 19

JIM CORBETT SAVED HIMALAYANS FROM 

TIGERS OF MAN EATERS BORN 

1875 JULY 25 -1955 APRIL 19

Jim Corbett, Indian WriterJim Corbett was born on 25th July 1875, in British India. Colonel James Edward Corbett slew eleven man-eating tigers in the foothills of the Himalayas and became the most widely read of all authors on India's wildlife. It was his defence of tigers in his book that has stayed on in the memory of his readers. Between 1905 and 1907 he shot the first man-eating tiger and panther. He has been a legend in his own lifetime. 

Life of Jim Corbett 

Jim Corbett hunted many of the tigers in the sal forests of the Ramganga River valley. He was not a full-throated fighter for the wildlife preservation. Corbett was a harbinger of change. In his later works he wrote more about the forests, trees, flowers, birds and animals. He is a hunter, conservationist and naturalist. His success in slaying the man-eaters earned him much reverence and distinction amongst the people residing in the villages of Kumaon, many of whom considered him a saint. 

Jim Corbett was a trail-blazing conservationist and lectured at local schools and societies to motivate awareness of the natural environed beauty and the need to conserve forests and their fauna. The tiger slayer was also known as a zealous photographer, illustrations of which still enrich his followers and readers. It was precisely after his retirement that Jim Corbett penned the 'Man-eaters of Kumaon', 'Jungle Lore', 'The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag' and some other books recounting his hunts and experiences. These number of volumes enjoyed much critical acclamation and commercial achievement. Jim Corbett spoke up for the need to protect India's wildlife from extinction. The Corbett National Parkin Kumaon Himalaya has been named in his venerated honour. 

Some of the other books that were authored by Jim Corbett include 'Tree Tops' and 'My India', which have solely been dedicated in memory of Indian man-eaters and of course the country he loved to reside in. He acted cleverly to suit Indian writing needs. His scripting fashion was perhaps in-born, further heightening the books' clarity and conciseness; always sticking to the precise point, Jim Corbett was conscious to drive his information home. He was a man of extreme eruditeness and had even been capable to include classical elements in his writing. The manner in which the tiger slaying episodes have been described, exude a sense of anticipation, thrill and finally catharsis. He always maintained the 'diary' fashion, noting down the exact dates, as if reminiscing the moment of action. 

'Jungle Lore' was the closest that Jim Corbett ever came to penning an autobiography; his hugely contrasting writing features of being scholarly, descriptive and vivid, have always made him a hit amongst readers of all ages. He was always remembered as that loving British gentleman who never looked down upon 'blacks'. He passed 

away on April 19,1955

The lushness of the pea green forest, the fears of the woodlands are ideally depicted in the "Man Eater of Kumayun". 





Jim Corbett was born in Nainital in the year of 1875. He spent most of his life in the jungle of Kumaon. He is still remembered as a hero in the region, and his famed worldwide glows undimmed thanks to the books he wrote. This book evokes Corbett's life and world with a knowledge and authenticity lacking in other books on the subject. He was the master in the field and his mastery of writing reflects in most of his writing. 

In author's words, Corbett was a 'tiger among men, lover of the underdog, a hero in war and pestilence, a model zamindar and employer, an ascetic, naturalist, and, above all, a hunter of man-eating tigers and leopards for thirty-two active years. He was a man of the five continents where his fans are and will be. He is no more with us but his writings will always be with the reader's of Corbett's creation. 

Synopsis: 

Man-eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett contains some extraordinarily thrilling, so gripping, and yet, so extraordinarily humane at the same time. Corbett never tries to shock the reader with the gruesome details. All his experiences were taken from his own life. He narrated his life story only, which contains the hunting experiences. It can never be expected the tigers as bloodthirsty beasts in Corbett's stories. Corbett truly loves tigers and the readers will definitely have the feeling of the same. At the end of each hunting story Corbett gives the reason of why this particular tiger became a man-eater, often remarking that it was a result of a gunshot wound that disabled the tiger to hunt it's natural pray. It was Corbett who called tiger 'a big-hearted gentleman'. Corbett started campaigning for the ban on tiger hunting in the 1930s. That's why the first National Park of India is named after Jim Corbett, and that's why one of the sub-species of tiger - South-East Asian Tiger is also named after Jim Corbett. Another extremely important reason for a wide appeal of Jim Corbett's books is Jim Corbett's personality. In many of his writing he narrated the story as he is writing of someone very near and dear ones. Actually he used to love tigers and in his every writing this feelings has come up vigorously. 

'Man-eaters of Kumaon' is published by Oxford University Press in the year of 1993, this is a mesmerizing story by Jim Corbett which is admired by all over the world. 

'Man-eaters of Kumaon' is an excellent story by the author Jim Corbett. Like his other stories he narrated the jungle story very nicely in an attractive manner. Hats off to Jim Corbett and his tigers. 









The name clearly depicts the story or the content of the story. Jim Corbett's has a style of naming the story in a simple manner. And this is also not an exception. Tree Tops clearly says that the story is about the forest and about the treetop that is situated there at the jungle. 

Edward James 'Jim' Corbett was born on July 25th, 1875. The place was, Kumaon, in the beautiful paradise at the foothills of Himalayas. His father Christopher Corbett was postmaster of the town Nainital. From his childhood only he was very much attracted to wild life and consequently he spent his childhood in an area surrounded by beautiful Jungles and dangerous predators. He fell in love with the forest and its animals and since an early age he knew how to mimic animal sounds and track lethal predators. The quality of his even saved his life in many cases. He is also known as a conservationist and a big game photographer. Jim Corbett is actually famous as the hunter of the man-eaters. But on principle he never killed any innocent animal. Until it becomes troublesome for the people he never attacked any animal. He resorted largely to removing those dangerous Man-Eaters that terrorized Indian villagers a century ago. All the villagers used to take help from Corbett very often. At that time people would rather die of starvation in their huts than venture out in the open where the tigers growled and cunning leopards lay in waiting. But Corbett was fearless and tried to make the jungle a safe place for the people as well. 

Synopsis: 
'Tree tops' is a story written by Jim Corbett, which is based on a real treetop. Now this is called as tree top hotel. The treetop was built to accommodate 100 visitors near to a big water body where the wild animals including tiger, buffaloes, and elephants come to quench their thrust. One can see other such as waterbuck and bushbuck and an occasional bongo in the evening. In this book the description of treetop is given in a nice way that anyone can feel it in front of his or her eyes. The balcony is at least 30 feet above the pool, and from here anyone can see the remains of the old Tree Tops on the other side. It was burned down by the mau mau in 1954. It was built on a giant ficus tree and accommodated five or six people one time. In this place in the month of February, 1952 princess Elizabeth arrived with her husband to spend the night, and Corbett was invited to join them. They finished their dinner and fag and at that time one news came that king George VI has passed away in his sleep in Sandringham. This made the princess next heir to the throne. So it is described in the book very interestingly that one day one girl climbed in to a tree as a princess and surprisingly she climbed down as a Queen. And this happened for the first time. Corbett finished writing the final manuscript of this book on 6 April 1955. 13 days later he was dead. The book was published in October that year with an excellent foreword by Lord Hailey. He was Jim Corbett's dear friend who helped him immensely in the creation of India's first National park while he was the governor of U. P. The Corbett Park is India's permanent tribute to the man who truly loved, respected and helped the poor of India. 

Tree Tops is available in paperback in India, published by Oxford. This is the last creation of Jim Corbett. 

Tree Top is last creation of Jim Corbett. This is the only story, which is set outside India. Corbett set the backdrop at the savage beauty of Kenya's wildlife. He also narrates the royal visit in 1952 during which princess Elizabeth became queen Elizabeth. 

In 'My India' Corbett talks about the people of the country in an excellent manner. As usual the name itself is self-explanatory. This book deals with the country as he said my India. He always felt India as his own country and he believes in that way only. 





Jim Corbett was a very competent hunter as well as a good writer. Between the years 1907 and 1938, Jim Corbett killed nearly a dozen Man-Eaters in India. All of these were very ferocious predators who are estimated to have killed at least 1500 people during their time. Jim Corbett always took on the most dangerous animals. When everybody else had quit and all hope was lost. He hunted alone and routinely came within five to ten metres of the Man-Eater before killing it. He was fearless and he loves these tigers and doesn't kill them as along as they are safe for the mankind. His keen senses enabled him to outdo the most cunning of those lethal cats that included the Champawat Tigress. She killed almost 436 lives, the Panar Leopard killed 400 lives. Those were the times when over a hundred thousand tigers roamed freely in India and frankly in many parts it was a matter of whether the tiger or humans would survive. Jim Corbett has narrated his entire hunting story very nicely. He has written many books all of which describes the forest life in a vivid way. 

Synopsis: 
'My India' by Jim Corbett is a deviation from the usual pattern of the author. He always makes the common and poor men of India his subject, although the pleasant sensation and suspense of the hunting books do not subside a bit here. Jim Corbett's forefathers had come to India from Britain to serve the empire. They worked in the railways. The autobiographical 'My India' weaves together many anecdotes involving Corbett's fellow workers, his living quarters in Mokameh Ghat and Kaladhungi and his adventures into the wild have been described vividly. These personal accounts are awash with his deep understanding of and sympathy for the poor men of India, to whom the book has been dedicated. This book carries this simple difference from the other creations of Jim Corbett. In 'my India', Corbett writes in his dedication about the people. According to him there are four hundred million people, ninety per cent of whom are simple, honest, brave, loyal, hard-working souls whose daily prayer to God, and to whatever Government is in power, is to give them security of life and property to enable them to enjoy the fruits of their labors. These qualities possessed by the author himself attracted Corbett to the multitude. 

'My India' is written by Jim Corbett and published by the Safari Press in the year of 1991. 

'My India' is a story by Jim Corbett, which he created in his leisure time. Although Mr. Corbett was an Englishman living in India, he recounted and related the daily, ordinary life, with ordinary people of India in 1930 - 60. It is not about the British Raj in India. This is very hard to locate but worth trying to find it to read. This book describes how the ordinary people lived in India at that time, in villages, and jungles as well. This book is dedicated to 'my friends the poor of India' for whom it is a best seller in India. Mr. Corbett later became a true conservationist. 









he story 'Jungle Lore' is wonderfully named as this contains the full meaning of the story. Lore means traditionally transmitted stories and so jungle lore means the stories of the jungle. This is beautifully named by the author Jim Corbett. The name itself tells the inner content which is full of exciting stories about the jungle and its man-eaters. 

The original name of Jim Corbett is Edward James. He was born of Irish ancestry in the town of Naini Tal in the Kumaon foothills of the Himalayas. Jim was the eighth child of Christopher and Mary Jane Corbett. His parents had moved to Nainital in 1862. Jim Corbett's father Christopher Corbett had been appointed postmaster of the town. Jim studied at Oak Openings School, St Joseph's College and the Diocese Boys School in Naini Tal. This college was later renamed as Sherwood College. After completing high school, he joined the Bengal and North Western Railway, initially working as a fuel inspector at Manakpur in the Punjab, and subsequently as a contractor for the transshipment of goods across the Ganges at Mokama Ghat in Bihar. Jim Corbett was a hunter and fishing enthusiast in his early life. But in later days he was intereted in photography. As his admiration for tigers and leopards grew, he resolved never to shoot them unless they turned man-eater or posed a threat to cattle. Between 1907 and 1938, Corbett tracked and killed lot of man-eaters. These man eaters almost killed 1500 men, women and children in their tenure. His very first success, the Champawat Tiger in Champawat, alone was responsible for 436 documented deaths. He was a very competent hunter but never wasted his talent on innocent animals. 

Synopsis: Jungle Lore, Jim Corbett'Jungle Lore' by Jim Corbett is a sort of autobiography. The book contains the upbringing and childhood part which is very interesting. As it progresses, like other books of Jim Corbett's the 'Jungle Lore' also concentrates on the minute information about jungles, animals, classification of species. It is also related to hunting story. The best thing about the novel apart from its length is that this book is informative as well as educational. This autobiography seems to be best suited for Jim Corbett, as he has written what pleases him. Tiger and leopard hunting seemed to be Jim Corbett's passion. A major part of this book is devoted to this topic only. It narrates elaborately how he killed those man-eaters. And those adventures, which not only provided information about birds and snakes initially but also, assisted the reader in getting hooked. In this book, one sees the love affair Corbett has with the wildlife of the Himalayas. Corbett had immense knowledge of the plants and animals of the Himalayas and he gave all the information in this book in best possible way. But still, he believes that he had absorbed only a little from the 'book of nature'. He used to roam in the jungles of Shivalik armed with a catapult. He was always fearless of tigers and other wild animals. In this book, Corbett indirectly indicates that today Man is 'killing' Mother Nature. A unique part of this book is that everything Corbett learnt are not presented as thrilling episodes but as chapters. Corbett presents numerous incidents related to the theme he is talking about. In some chapters, he teaches us a few things, like examining girth of a snake, pug marks etc. 

Oxford University Press, USA is the publisher of 'Jungle Lore' by Jim Corbett, which is his autobiography narrating the dreadful stories of jungle. 

'Jungle Lore' by Jim Corbett is the tale of his hunting in indian jungles. Jungle Lore reveals some of his untold part of life. His life-long passion for the people, jungle, and animals of the Kumaon hills in the Himalayan foothills are clearly depicted in the story. He was an excellent writer and this autobiographical story repeats the same tradition. away on 19th April 1955.