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Jim Corbett's accounts of the hunting and killing of man-eaters, which had killed almost 450 Indians, are related in his books: Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1944), The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (1948), and the Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1954). Man-eaters of Kumaon was a success in India and was chosen by book clubs in the United Kingdom and the United States; the first printing of the American Book-of-the-Month Club being 250,000. The book was later translated into 27 languages. His Jungle Lore is considered his autobiography. He also wrote My India, about Indian rural life.The Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, India is named after him. He had played a key role in establishing the wildlife reserve.In 1968, one of the five remaining subspecies of tigers was named after him; Panthera tigris corbetti, more commonly called Corbett's tiger.In 1994, Corbett's long-neglected grave was repaired and restored by Jerry A. Jaleel, founder and director of the Jim Corbett Foundation, which has members worldwide.