Frederick Wilson: ‘hulson Sahib’ Of Garhwal

Frederick Wilson was a nabob of the north Indian hills. A character of legend to this day in Garhwal, he was a British soldier-turned-entrepreneur who went native and whose phenomenal prosperity (by selling timber to the railways) made him India’s first timber magnate. Wilson was also a great ornithologist, shikari, traveller, and friend of Allan Octavian Hume. This is the first biography of one of the most interesting characters to have inhabited the Himalaya in the 19th century. Features: • First biography of Wilson • D C Kala already widely known as a biographer • Last book to have been edited by Ravi Dayal