JUNGLE LORE
IS THE CLOSEST JIM CORBETT EVER COME
TO AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.IT IS IN THIS BOOK THAT ONE SEES THE REAL SOUL OF MAN AND HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH PEOPLE, JUNGLE AND ANIMALS OF THE KUMAON HILLS. MUCH IS CORBEET’S CHILDHOOD IS HERE---- HIS FIRST FORAYS WITH CATAPULT AND GUN AND HIS HIS FIRST ADVENTURES. ALSO PRESENT HIS OBESSION WITH WAYS OF THE JUNGLE, ABOUT WHICH HE HAS CONTINULLY STRIVING TO LEARN MORE. BUT AT THE HEART OF THE BOOK IS A CRY FOR SENSTIVITY TO THE FRAGILITY OF NATURE AND A LAMENT TO MANKIND’S DIVORCE FROM HIS ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS CONCERN, MANY YEARS OF CONSERVATION BECAME WIDELY UNDERSTOOD, CORBETT WAS WELL AHEAD OF HIS TIME. TODAY THE IMPORT OF JUNGLE LORE IS AS VIBRANT AS IT EVER WAS, THE MORTALITY EVEN MORE SEMINAL.