Man-Eaters Of Kumaon by Jim Corbett

Book Title:- Man-Eaters Of Kumaon

Author:- Jim Corbett

I picked this book as I bumped into the book store at my resort while on vacation to Jim Corbett National Park. The shopkeeper told me that it is the most famous book by Jim Corbett. Initially, I thought of it as a marketing trick, but soon realized that he was so true.

The book is a combination of stories or rather narration of adventures experienced by the writer while on hunting big cats who turned into man-eaters. The stories very deeply describe the exotic flora, fauna and the typical village life of Indian villages. I through enjoyed reading the book and could not resist to finish a chapter once I stared it.

Although I felt that the reason of near extinction of such beautiful creature is because of such causal attitude of hunting big cats for sport, but I really admire the love of Jim Corbett for tigers. His passion was very clearly visible. After every kill, I could not stop thinking the present scenario of Tigers. Although I went on an adventure trip while reading the book, I hated the parts where big cats were shot just for sport and collect 'trophies' of their skin.

My favourite part of the book was the incident where whole village vacated its home in the fear of a tigress turned man-eater. The narration of empty houses with their doors open made me feel present there. I also could not stop laughing when the author got his camp house filled with earthen pots filled with fresh milk as a gesture by the village.

Altogether, it was an awesome read and provided me a change in my reading interests.

Do you have fascination towards tigers? How did you like the book? Would you go ahead and read it after my thoughts on it? Write your heart/mind in comments section. I would be glad to read out your end of thinking on the book.