{"id":124271,"date":"2022-10-26T12:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=124271"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T06:56:00","slug":"akshay-shah-stephen-alter-compiled-and-edited-a-new-book-the-corbett-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/akshay-shah-stephen-alter-compiled-and-edited-a-new-book-the-corbett-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshay Shah &amp; Stephen Alter compiled and edited a new book \u201cThe Corbett Papers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter\u00a0have compiled and edited a new book titled\u00a0\u201cThe Corbett Papers: <\/strong>Biographical, Legal, &amp; Contextual Material on the Life &amp; Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon\u201d\u00a0which is about Jim Corbett, the famous naturalist\u00adhunter, has penned down a series of bestsellers about his experiences with wildlife in the jungles of North India. The Corbett Papers\u201d also includes the unpublished reminiscences of Corbett by his sister Maggie and rare extracts from a forgotten work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-october-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Something about Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akshay Shah is an outdoor educator, a wilderness medicine instructor and a naturalist based in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. He is currently the Director of the Hanifl Centre for Outdoor Education and Environmental Study in Uttarakhand. Stephen Alter is the author of more than 20 books, many of which focus on the natural history of the Himalayas. He has already written a novel \u201cIn the Jungles of the Night\u201d, a reimagining of Jim Corbett\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Jim Corbett:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corbett was born in Nainital in&nbsp;<strong>1875<\/strong>. He was known for tracking and hunting down a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in different parts of North India. He played an essential role in establishing Hailey National Park, India\u2019s first national park in 1936. It was later named after the naturalist in 1956, a year after his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter\u00a0have compiled and edited a new book titled\u00a0\u201cThe Corbett Papers: Biographical, Legal, &amp; Contextual Material on the Life &amp; Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon\u201d\u00a0which is about Jim Corbett, the famous naturalist\u00adhunter, has penned down a series of bestsellers about his experiences with wildlife in the jungles of North India. 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