A legend in the arena of wildlife conservation and affectionately hailed as the ‘Snakeman of India’, Romulus Whitaker has had a lifelong love affair with the ‘fierce creatures’ that share our planet. This first volume of his fascinating memoir brings the India of the 1950s and the US of the 1960s to life.
A legend in the arena of wildlife conservation and affectionately hailed as the ‘Snakeman of India’, Romulus Whitaker has had a lifelong love affair with the ‘fierce creatures’ that share our planet. This first volume of his fascinating memoir brings the India of the 1950s and the US of the 1960s to life.
Janaki Lenin is a film-maker, a columnist, a journalist and author of several acclaimed books. She writes extensively about wildlife and conservation.
Romulus Whitaker is among India’s foremost wildlife conservationists who set up the Madras Snake Park and Madras Crocodile Bank and other seminal projects.
Vineet Thakur is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for History, Leiden University, the Netherlands. His next book, Bandung 1955: A Global History is represented by A Suitable Agency.