15-452: Jungle Stories may refer to: Jungle Stories , a version of the book Man-Eaters of Kumaon , by Jim Corbett Jungle Stories (magazine) , an American pulp magazine published from 1938 to 1954 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jungle Stories . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-524: A book for publishing. Using the 1935 Jungle Stories as a basis, Corbett wrote Man-Eaters of Kumaon (10 stories) which was first published by Oxford University Press in 1944. By May 1946 over half a million copies of Man-Eaters of Kumaon were in print. The book had been translated into four Western languages (including Spanish, Czech and Finnish) as well as six Indian languages. By 1980 the book went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. In Chhindwara, India 1949 Jim Corbett's Man-Eaters of Kumaon
45-479: Is a 1944 book written by hunter-naturalist Jim Corbett . It details the experiences that Corbett had in the Kumaon region of India from the 1900s to the 1930s, while hunting man-eating Bengal tigers and Indian leopards . One tiger , for example, was responsible for over 400 human deaths. Man-Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, and contains 10 stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in
60-767: The Nautical College, Pangbourne and in World War II he served in the Merchant Navy . On his first voyage his ship, the refrigerated cargo liner Waimarama , was part of the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta . On 13 August 1942 Waimarama was bombed by a German Junkers Ju 88 aircraft. The ship's deck cargo included containers of aviation spirit that burst into flame. Waimarama exploded and 83 of her 107 crew were killed. Cadet Treves helped save several of his shipmates, including
75-775: The Glen , The Bill , The New Adventures of Black Beauty , Silent Witness , Kavanagh QC , Jeeves and Wooster , Inspector Morse , Agatha Christie's Poirot , Lovejoy , Rumpole of the Bailey , Yes, Prime Minister , Bergerac , Midsomer Murders , Heartbeat , Follyfoot , Miss Marple , Minder , Z-Cars , The Avengers , Doomwatch and in the Doctor Who story Meglos . His films included Freelance (1971), One Hour to Zero (1976), Sweeney 2 (1978), Charlie Muffin (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Nighthawks (1981), Defence of
90-499: The Indian Himalayas during the early years of the twentieth century. The text also contains incidental information on flora, fauna and village life. Seven of the stories were first published privately as Jungle Stories . After much prompting by friends and family in 1935 Corbett finally put to paper seven accounts of his jungle encounters. These were then made into a small book and 100 copies were privately published under
105-525: The Music of Time , The Politician's Wife , To Play the King , Lipstick on Your Collar , Summer's Lease , Bomber Harris , Trevor Griffiths ' version of The Cherry Orchard , David Edgar 's Destiny , The Naked Civil Servant , Mr. Bean , and The Railway Children . Treves also guested in many continuing dramas, such as All Creatures Great and Small , Rosemary & Thyme , Monarch of
120-909: The Realm (1985), Paper Mask (1990), The Fool (1990), Afraid of the Dark (1991), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) and Sunshine (1999). As well as screen appearances, he also had a wide stage and radio career, and appeared with the National Theatre from the late-1970s in David Hare 's Plenty , Bernard Shaw 's The Philanderer , Arnold Wesker 's Caritas , Eugene O'Neill 's The Iceman Cometh , and two Shakespeares – Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing (1981) and Menenius in Coriolanus (1984). Treves
135-399: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jungle_Stories&oldid=1063409700 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Man-Eaters of Kumaon Man-Eaters of Kumaon
150-604: The only ship's officer to survive the sinking, Third Wireless Officer John Jackson. Treves, then seventeen years old, received the British Empire Medal and Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea for his actions. After the war he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . His over a hundred television credits included roles in A For Andromeda , The Cazalets , The Jewel in the Crown , A Dance to
165-455: The role of Jim Corbett. An IMAX movie, India: Kingdom of the Tiger , based on Corbett's books, was made in 2002. Corbett was played by Christopher Heyerdahl . Frederick Treves (actor) Frederick William Treves BEM (29 March 1925 – 30 January 2012) was an English character actor with an extensive repertoire, specialising in avuncular , military and titled types. Treves attended
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#1732773145833180-521: The title Jungle Stories and distributed amongst friends. The stories were titled, "Wild Life in the Village: An Appeal", "The Pipal Pani Tiger", "The Fish of My Dreams", "A Lost Paradise", "The Terror that Walks by Night", "Purnagiri and Its Mysterious Lights", and "The Chowgarh Tigers". In 1943, whilst Corbett was recovering from typhus fever, his close friend and manager of India's branch of Oxford Press, R.E. Hawkins, convinced him to write
195-481: Was from a medical family; his father was a physician and his great uncle was Frederick Treves , the surgeon who became famous for discovering Joseph Merrick , the "Elephant Man". In the David Lynch film The Elephant Man , the surgeon is played by Anthony Hopkins and Treves himself appeared in the character of Alderman. He married Jean Stott in 1956. He was survived by two sons and a daughter. His elder son
210-487: Was later found not guilty. In 1946 Universal Pictures brought the rights to the book and made the film Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948). The movie bore no relation to the book and centred on an American played by Wendell Corey who wounds a tiger and is later killed by it. Corbett saw the movie and claimed that the best actor was the tiger. In 1986, the BBC produced a docudrama titled Man-Eaters of India with Frederick Treves in
225-435: Was read out in court by defense for a murder charge. A villager by the name of Todal was found dead in the forest on 19 September 1949. The police's theory was that the accused conspired to murder the victim as he was in love with his wife, the defense was that the victim was killed by a man-eating tiger. Thus the defense produced Corbett's book and read passages relating relevant wounds and circumstances of an attack. The accused
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