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E. R. C. Davidar
Whispers from the Wild
Writings by E.R.C. Davidar

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Some people talk about nature, others listen to it. Listening can reveal wondes like how to befriend an elephant, how to talk to a tiger and how to live in the jungle. Many such amazing experiences crowd this volume containing the unpublished writings from the early and last years of the well-known naturalist, the late E.R.C. Davidar, besides his acclaimed book Cheetal Walk. a lawyer by profession and a shikari-turned-photographer, he established maybe the first ever private elephant corridor in India, near his jungle-cottage, and undertook the first census of the Nilgiri tahr along the entire range. Charmingly told, funny and brimming with insights, the book, enriched with photographs from the family album, not only enlightens us about wildlife and conservation in the Nilgiris but becomes a memoir of a jungle lover and his family.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 400 ● ISBN 9788184757071 ● Publisher Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2587787 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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