July 29 “One Hundred and Sixty-Nine!”

July 29th is International Tiger Day. I have the book “Man-eaters of Kumaon” by Jim Corbett, published 1946. Lieutenant-Colonel Corbet grew up in India. He was a big game hunter that would track down tigers, and a few leopards that were eating poor villagers in the mountains. The book tells of seven true-life hunts CorbettContinue reading “July 29 “One Hundred and Sixty-Nine!””