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 Good; not great February 25, 2009
Rifleman
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's a good book. There's value in reading it. But I agree with several other reviewers that James Halfpenny has a better book on animal tracking. Halfpenny's book provides great information from a great naturalist and you don't have to endure "Grandfather" stories to get it.
But the best book for learning to track is, "Tracking: A Blueprint For Learning How" by Jack Kearney. It's focus is mantracking but you will be a much better naturalist tracker for having read it. Kearney is a retired Border Patrol Agent and his book is unsurpassed as a "Tracking 101" manual. Anytime you find retired Border Patrol Agents like Jack Kearney - as well as Joel Hardin, Ab Taylor, etc. - involved in tracking instruction it will be straght forward, no nonsense, easy to understand and highly applicable to a variety of situations.
Ever notice that most people who give Tom Brown high marks seem to like his stories of "Grandfather" and mysticism? And people that tend to give him lower marks don't?
 Tom Brown's Field guide to Nature Observation and Tracking. February 17, 2009
James C. Hammers (Carver, Minnesota)
.Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking I and my boys have been fans of Tom Brown for years. We like being outdoors and this volumn gives us information and procedures to know and appreciate more what we are observing. The book is in very good condition as advertised and came within the time given. Thank you
Great February 16, 2009
William Blanton Sr.
Read once an on 2nd reading.A great reference. I'm sure I'll read many times again.
One of a series of Guides by Brown June 2, 2008
Fred C. Bunch (Albuquerque, NM USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first read this book several years ago, along with his first book "The Tracker." I was impressed enough to travel by plane, bus and truck to his class in New Jersey. Yep, New Jersey, home the largest wooded area in the U.S.
Tom says as a kid he was trained by an Apache Scout and Shaman whom he calls "Grandfather." We spent a week sleeping in a barn on the hay, going barefoot is really cold weather and cooking outside on a large communal grate. Lecture sessions were held in a 100-year old barn and tracking (or dirt time as Tom calls it) was in various woods and fields. This was one of the texts and we had a meal or two using it as a guide-deep fried clover blossoms as I remember, using cattail blossoms as flour. It was very good.
Tom still has classes in NJ. When I left I was certain, as I still am today, that I could survive in the woods or anywhere if necessary.
Get this book along with "The Tracker," for a complete view of Tom's story.
Tom was also technical advisor on the Tommy Lee Jones movie "Tracker," and the knife used in the production is available from Brown. Enjoy, Learn.
 more tall tales, where's the info? April 21, 2008
naturegirl
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was not impressed. there is very little useful information in this book, mostly just a bunch of tall tales written to impress inner city folks who have never gotten a chance to experience the outdoors. Don't waste your time or money with this book. Field guide to mammal tracking in north america by jim halfpenny is the book you want. Allan a macfarlan is another author i recommend looking into, he has written about the same subject but has more detail.
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