Case Files of the Tracker: True Stories from America's Greatest Outdoorsman
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Book Description
For decades, Tom Brown, Jr.-the renowned wilderness expert and tracker trained by an Apache elder-has been called upon to find lost children, escaping criminals, wild animals-anything that can walk, crawl, or lope through the wilderness. Now, he talks about sixteen of his most incredible adventures for the first time-including the desperate race to reach a diabetic child before he goes into insulin shock, the treacherous struggle to capture an armed criminal which left Tom with a bullet in his back, and his pursuit of a tiger loose in the wilds of New Jersey.
From the remote Pine Barrens of New Jersey to the wilds of Wyoming, Tom Brown has earned the mantle of America's Greatest Tracker-someone who, with the help of an Apache elder, has developed his senses to such a degree that he can "read" the environment around him in ways that seem almost magical.
Now, for the first time, he shares vivid accounts of his most fascinating cases as an outdoors detective, including:
€ The search for a diabetic child before he goes into insulin shock
€ The struggle to apprehend an armed criminal who put a bullet in his back
€ The hunt for a tiger loose in the New Jersey wilderness
€ The incredible search for a missing teenager where the police had turned up no clues
€ His astonishing determination that the cause of a police officer's death was not a suicide, but in fact, a murder!
€ and more
About the Author
Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey. Tom is the author of 16 books on nature. Recently, he was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection.
Tom Brown, Jr. is the author of over a dozen books on nature and tracking including Awakening Spirits, The Science and Art of Tracking, The Search, The Quest, and The Journey. He has been tracking since childhood.
Case Files of the Tracker: True Stories from America's Greatest Outdoors,Tom Brown,Berkley Trade,0425187551,1950-,Anecdotes,Brown, Tom,,Essays,Mammals,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Outdoor Life,Outdoor Skills,Sports & Recreation,Tracking and trailing,United States,Active outdoor pursuits,NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS,Nature / General,Other prose: from c 1900 -
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