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The Traveller's Bookshelf
Three books for the wild.
Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett (1944) — a classic of Indian hunting-turned-conservation writing. Read it for the forest and the voice.
Born Free by Joy Adamson (1960) — the story of a lioness raised in Kenya and returned to the wild. Read it for the history of how people thought about wildlife.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant (2010) — a reported account of a tiger in the Russian Far East. Read it for the reporting.
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