The Kenneth Anderson Omnibus Vol I (Volume 1) Paperback – July 1, 2000

Great reading, and interesting adventures.

Just great reading very similar to Jim Corbett's stories. I have tremendous respect for both men in that first and foremost they were animal conservationists. I read a review to the contrary right here on Amazon. It is absolutely without a shred of merit! Mr Anderson thought so much of Tigers in fact, that he once allowed a Tigress to charge to a very close distance. He had her in the sights and hoped she'd stop. Fortunately she did and he went on to carefully backtrack as she growled further warnings. He was in pursuit of a male man-eater at the time. He spared her as he would all he knew innocent of stalking humans. He'd picked up the pug marks of the aforementioned Tigress and tracked to eyeshot of a suspected den. There he witnessed two lovely cubs playing and thus he allowed the mother to charge without firing. Having seen firsthand the horror and unimaginable gore of human victims, as he had. Repeatedly taking up positions near devoured corpses in hopes of the man-eater returning. What could say more of his nerve or devotion to animals?Please, let that stand as testament to the courageous and highly moral man he most certainly was. The times prevent there ever being more men like Anderson and Corbett. Together they saved too many people to fathom. At the same time they're revered and honored in India with animal conservation efforts in their name and memory. I bought all three Vols of Anderson's and I'm delighted I did. There's more comments about the third being all rehashed. Some stories overlap or make points and could stand independently. I enjoy all three and can't imagine who wouldn't that had an interest in this unique genre.

This reminded me of tales of required hunting in order to solve problem situations when animals go bad. Can imagine my granddad recounting the likes of these stories, Very Real without the unneeded embellishments of the modern day.

Great quality

Great value for your money!! More than 700 pages long. Most of the stories involve tigers and panthers, and a couple involve occult happenings in the jungle. There are two stories about rogue elephants. I have issue with a couple of incidents that Anderson talks about. One of them involves accidentally coming between two tigers about to mate, one of whom later becomes a man-eater. I have problems believing that it happened because it's difficult to believe Anderson got out of that completely unharmed, and that too at night, when tigers are very active. The other issue is when he talks about saluting or honoring a man-eater that he has just killed. In that case, why go after it in the first place? However, overall, it's a great book to curl up with and read, especially on a jungle trip!!

Kenneth Anderson’s books surprised and retained my interest with the writer’s obvious deep knowledge, matter of fact courage, self deprecating candor, sense of humor and command of the language. I’d recommend all three stories to those at first attracted to the sensational aspects of man-killers. But above all Anderson’s writing impart insights and an appreciation for the people, the fauna and flora of this part of India, much of which has been lost in the ensuing decades.

The nature and life of rural Indians amongst dangerous predators depicted meticulously and elegantly, Kenneth Anderson and his son's adventure filled hunting trips are almost unbelievable for faint hearted like myself. I would love to spend a starry night on a machaan in the middle of a forest (not alone!) but will never happen in this lifetime as I gather, so I like reading these in the comfort of my couch, preferably alone and in darkness.

I loved reading Kenneth Anderson's stories (esp. since my family originates from the same general area where he hunted, my dad grew up with leopards grabbing the family dog and my grandparents lived in a pretty wild place with leopards, jackals and hyenas prowling their property... was a pretty spooky place till a couple of decades ago).And I have absolutely no doubt that Kenneth Anderson was a very brave person, he knew a lot about the local wildlife and that he killed more than his fair share of wild animals.Having said that, my dad, who was reading these books (on a visit to my place), pointed that NONE OF HIS STORIES HAVE ANY DATES PROVIDED. He would get into great detail about climbing a tree at 3:30 pm, seeing the tiger at 10 pm, but no clue as to which year this occurred in.The other point was that there seems almost no corroborating evidence about almost all his kills. While one does not expect the press to be following him on his hunts, one does expect some other information in contemporary newspapers attesting to the existence and demise of these man-eaters (as in the case of Jim Corbett's accounts). If one looks at (say) Wikipedia, one finds passages written word-for-word from his books.So, enjoy these books, keeping these two observations in mind :)