I liked the quiet, clipped, respectful way Colonel Ismail writes of his tigers, and I admired his not making them seem more dangerous the\an they were in order to make himself out more brave than he is. In fact, they were dangerous, and he is brave, and this is an excellent book of its kind. - Robert Nye, The Guardian First published in 1964, 'Call of the Tiger' by Lt. Col. M.M. Ismail comes at a time when the era of hunting has receded into history, leaving books like it to provide a glimpse of days past. Set in the 1950s, these gripping tales serve as a reminder of what the forest of Central India were like when wildlife was more plentiful and widespread than it is today.