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Big game hunters and others describe their encounters with man-eating tigers, musth elephants, panthers, and other predator in a land teeming with wildlife. En sought the jungle for sport, for adventure and for the freedom that only the great forests could offer. Complete your collection of Ruskin Bond's popular Rupa anthologies with this, the lucky 12th in the series. Reviews 'The stories in the book are well selected in that they capture the thrill ans suspense of the expeditions.'                                                                                                                          The Telegraph, Calcutta 'Readers looking for adventure and action in the wild topped with humorous moments would find the book matching their tastes entirely.'                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sahara Times About the Author One of India’s finest and most popular storytellers, Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Flight of Pigeons, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award), Rain in the Mountains, Roads to Mussoorie, and A Little Night Music. He has also, over the years, expertly compiled and edited a number of anthologies.He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Delhi Government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.