No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Man-Eater in History

by Dane Huckelbridge

In 1909, a W. J. Jeffery 0.475-caliber high-velocity hunting rifle sold for around thirty-five pounds in London—this at a time when many indentured Indian servants were making the equivalent of around one pound per month.