Lives in the wilderness
Subtitle: three classic Indian autobiographies
By: with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha.
Contributors: Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955.; Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964.; Ali, Sálim, 1896-1987.
Series: Oxford India paperbacks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Subjects: Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955.; Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964.; Ali, Sálim, 1896-1987.; Hunters -- India -- Biography.; Indologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Ethnology -- India.; Ornithologists -- India -- Biography.; India -- Social life and customs.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This volume comprises the autobiographical works of three men who had a special relationship with the Indian jungles - Jim Corbett, Verrier Elwin and Salim Ali. It comes with an Introduction by Ramachandra Guha and will appeal to all those interested in literature, anthropology, cultural survival and the social history of modern India."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: My India / Jim Corbett; title: The tribal world of Verrier Elwin / Verrier Elwin; title: The fall of a sparrow / Sálim Ali.