Author: Jim Corbett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 190
ISBN/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-562341-3
Description
The book comprises stories of some of the human beings that make up Jim Corbett's poignant rural world, located in the Indian foothills.
Jim Corbett's classic stories of man-eaters have made him a legend in India. In the present work he has created a classic of another sort. The book narrates the stories of simple village folk-people residing in the foothills. The sympathy and concern as well as sharp observation of village-India's life, traditions and folklore - which are incidental to the man-eater stories - are here central. These qualities, once again make for stories that engage the reader with great force, ensuring thereby that this book is an indispensable supplement for anyone who has ever enjoyed Corbett.
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER I
The Queen of the Village
CHAPTER II
Kunwar Singh
CHAPTER III
Mothi
CHAPTER IV
Pre-Red-Tape Days
CHAPTER V
The Law of the Jungles
CHAPTER VI
The Brothers
CHAPTER VII
Sultana : India's Robin Hood
CHAPTER VIII
Loyalty
CHAPTER IX
Budhu
CHAPTER X
Lalajee
CHAPTER XI
Chamari
CHAPTER XII
Life of Mokameh Ghat