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Petman
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting tails and methods of hunting tigers in colonial India
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2020
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Sir Samuel Baker is not a story teller the likes of Hemingway or Chapstick. He is an honest Englishman who loved the thrill of the hunt. His instructions are almost textbook on how to organize and conduct a safe and successful hunt. The book is a fascinating insight into days gone by forever when a bored Englishman could mount the resources to collect the beaters and elephants to hunt tigers. Even in the late 1800's the tigers numbers were declining as Sir Baker was want to point out. Taking out man and cattle eating tigers seems to have been the noble Englishman's burden. I enjoyed the book for its peek into the past and enjoying a vicarious hunt that isn't possible in today's world.
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mengtx
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2020
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Good sized segments and give landscape imagery from a bygone era. Wanting for a bit longer read at the end
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Rusty Go!d
5.0 out of 5 stars Cool & confident hunter
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2018
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No nonsense safety first calculating hunter, seeing through the extraneous native mind & relying on his own experience & very intelligent thinking capability. Very entertaining as well as instructive reading experience .
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Wauzeka61
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2018
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Great read about tiger hunting on elephants. The courage displayed by unarmed Indian beaters is baa amazing, strategies and dangers and aftermath explained indetail
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Hunter boy
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star rating from Hunter boy
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2019
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An excellent read by an author with extensive experience in the subject matter of hunting tigers in India. Very informative and well written.
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Thomas Bingenheimer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018
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Most excellent period account of the place and time. Clear and captivating, you get a real sense of the thrill and details of the chase.
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Asher
5.0 out of 5 stars Very creative
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019
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The story was well made.
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ken zbinden
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017
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Great book
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2018
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Interesting read and well written but it does not include man-eating tigers, just the usual slaughter of any tiger minding it's own business. It's no wonder tigers are threatened with extinction today. Mindless slaughter.
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s.s.
2.0 out of 5 stars Almost nill about maneaters.
Reviewed in India on March 4, 2017
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If u buy it for thrilling experience like Corbett or Anderson. Nothing in it.only last chapter is of man eaters with single story.have stories of attack of tigers on elephants during shikar but repetative. But many interesting things about shikar tactics are written which can be read once.
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Dan Prystupa
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2020
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It was a good enough book,but only had stories about tiger hunting. There were no stories of man eating tigers,as the title suggested. Sorry I wasted my money.
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SQUOZZIT
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on June 14, 2017
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Good read but rather sad that so many animals got killed in those days in the name of Sport
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Deepak Parab
4.0 out of 5 stars Tigers in the century gone by
Reviewed in India on December 2, 2019
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Shikar, it's after effects and living with tigers in the century gone by. Excellent reading for those curious about the tiger and the jungles it inhabited.
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