Tigers and Tigerwallahs,9780195659849

Tigers and Tigerwallahs

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ISBN13: 9780195659849
ISBN10: 0195659848
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-07-11
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary


Preface to the Omnibus Edition, Geoffrey C. Ward


TIGER-WALLAHS: Saving the Greatest of the Great Cats


Illustrations


1. Return Passage


2. A Tigercidal Thirst


3. The Large-Hearted Gentleman

Table of Contents

Preface to the Omnibus Edition
Geoffrey C. Ward
TIGER-WALLAHS Saving the Greatest of the Great Cats
Illustrations
Return Passage
A Tigercidal Thirst
The Large-Hearted Gentleman
The Presiding Deity
No Axe Falls
The Rajput
Stress of Circumstances
Besieged
Massacre
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON
Author's Note
The Champawat Man-Eater
Robin
The Chowgarh Tigers
The Bachelor of Powalgarh
The Mohan Man-Eater
The Fish of My Dreams
The Kanda Man-Eater
The Pipal Pani Tiger
The Thak Man-Eater
Just Tigers
THE SECRET LIFE OF TIGERS
List of Illustrations
Introduction
The Tigress and her Cubs
The Father
A Tiger's Kingdom
Growing Up
Independence
The End of a Century
Postscript
Epilogue
Further Reading
TIGER HAVEN
List of Illustrations
Author's Note
The Discovery of Tiger Haven
Jasbirnagar
Early days at Tiger Haven
Establishing the Sanctuary
Animals of the Open Plains
The Tiger---Species in Peril
The Tiger---King of Cats
Maneaters
The Forest Animals
Animals Nearer
Securing the Sanctuary
The Shutter and the Trigger
The King and I
The Lost Cause?
Epilogue
Select Bibliography

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