I recently acquired a new one by Kenneth Anderson named The Call of the Maneater and published in 1961. It contains eight chapters of Mr. Anderson telling about his encounters with man-eating tigers and leopards in India. I've competed two chapters so far. It is very well written and hard to put down but I like to read the books in small sections so I can enjoy them longer. Below is a pic of the book. I always find the covers of the old books the be interesting.
P.S. I know the stove needs to be polished. Just trust me it's on my honey do list ;). And no it's not getting polished today. I'm not that bored.
5 comments:
sounds like a good way for you to spend a rainy day off - the reading, not the polishing. :)
What a great cover -- looks like something I would have read back in the day.
I think your bricks look fine. :)
Never heard of this book before.... I imagine you've read the stuff by Jim Corbett? Those are interesting reads (from a standpoint of wildlife/human interactions, but also history).
I still think The Man-eaters of Tsavo (Patterson) was the scariest book I ever read as a youngster. For weeks after reading it my dad would need to check under the bed before I went to sleep! Even though the nearest lions were some hours drive away I figured they could cover significant distances - particularly at night!
The Patterson book is a classic (and I agree is unnerving). Again....also interesting from a historical standpoint. The world was such a different place back then.
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