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BOOKS- The Man Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett

This is the best known of Corbett's books, and contains ten fascinating stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Kumaon region during the early years of this century.

Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a "sahib" Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot. Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to achieve a legendary reputation as a hunter.

Corbett was also an author of great renown. His books on the man-eating tigers he once tracked are not only established classics, but have by themselves created almost a separate literary genre. Man Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, one which offers ten fascinating and spine-tingling tales of pursuing and shooting tigers in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of this century.

BOOKS- The Valley of Flowers by Frank S. Smythe

Frank Smythe was a professional British mountaineer, known for his discovery of the Valley of Flowers in the Chamoli district of Uttaranchal. He attempted the Everest 3 times in the 1930s and equalled the height record in 1933.

The Valley of Flowers nurishes over 500 different species of flowers which bloom from the month of May to October.

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