A compassionate, insightful and witty book you want to keep returning to. The story about an ace hunter, inimitable raconteur and a gifted observer, Jim Corbett. The readers will meet the men and women Corbett lived, hunted and worked within Kumaon and Mokameh Ghat. Young Corbett is told a story by ‘Kunwar Singh’, a poacher of the Kaladhungi jungles, about his friend who learned a harsh lesson by a tiger because he couldn’t climb trees. In ‘Putli and Kalwa’, Corbett befriends a young brave girl who is leading a bullock to her uncle’s house even as the man-eater prowls about looking for a victim. In ‘Adventures with Magog’. Corbett describes the terrifying yet funny consequences of disturbing a sleeping tiger and gives a delightful and touching profile of his hunting dog.