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The Way of the Scout: A Native American Path to Finding Spiritual Meaning in a Physical World |  | Author: Tom Brown Jr.
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 111988
Media: Paperback
Pages: 281
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0425159108
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
EAN: 9780425159101
ASIN: 0425159108
Publication Date: July 1, 1997
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Presents twelve episodes illustrating the expert skills in tracking that the author learned from an Apache expert, demonstrating how the Native American art of survival can bring the spiritual rewards of higher consciousness and inner peace. Reprint."
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 Nonsense February 2, 2010
Moose
First, the large gulf between 5-star ratings and 1-star ratings should give the reader a clue about the nature of this book. This book is so rife with consistency & continuity errors (not to mention blatant contradictions) that it makes me wonder if his stories are supposed to be allegory or just flat-out false-hoods. (I lean toward the latter.) After some considerable reading about Mr. Brown (from his website, as well as from people that had taken his dubious back-woods courses), a vast majority of his content doesn't hold water. It would be easy to let this man take you for a ride (and empty your wallet in the process), but some careful reading-between-the-lines should expose his racket for what it is: nonsense. I can only conclude that Mr. Brown has little to no content worth teaching, and certainly not for the prices that he charges. I purchased this book as a means to test the water, and I'm glad I was only separated of a few dollars instead of a few hundred.
This book might as well be titled: "Animism for the Gullible". Much of the content in "The Way of the Scout" is stretched thinly enough to be transparent, and I didn't really like what I saw on the other side of that image: a vengeful child that enjoyed telling tall tales, and evidently never really grew up. I'm truly ashamed that he chose such a struggling worldview as Animism (especially appropriating Native American animism to such an extent) to sink his teeth into. If you want a braggarts fictionalized account about how "in touch" or "enlightened" the author claims himself to be, then by all means: this is the book for you. I suggest that readers save their money and try to find this one at the library first. Try looking under the "fiction" section.
For readers looking for actual information on stealth and subterfuge in the field (because this book offers exactly zero points of practical advice), try reading any number of declassified military manuals on the subject - many of them can be found at your local surplus store. The military might not take as "enlightened" an approach to the topic, but then again, neither does Mr. Brown, really.
For readers looking for actual information on Animism or Native American folklore (in which Mr. Brown's legendary "Scout" figure is strangely absent in all accounts -- I'm sure he would tell you that 'they' did that on purpose), try American Indian Myths and Legends, or Animism: Respecting the Living World. Better yet, find your own place in the world, and don't try to appropriate someone else's culture: it's not yours, and you've already stolen enough from them, thank you very much.
Tall Tales February 25, 2009
Rifleman
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read this book over a decade ago. It was the final nail in the coffin of all things Tom Brown Jr. for me.
I wanted to like it but it was just too blatantly false.
I remember loving "The Tracker" and yearning for more. That led to Brown's field guides on tracking and survival, which are good but are by no means the best books available on those subjects. Then came "The Search" and I began to suspect that Brown's so called Coyote Teaching was another way of saying Tall Tales.
After that I thumbed through Brown's subsequent books in bookstores and libraries over the years, reading snippets here and there that added to my doubts about Brown's writings. For some reason, in the mid '90s I actually bought "Way of the Scout" and read it all. This removed any lingering doubt I had about Brown and his so called Coyote Teaching.
I don't believe that Brown's stories are factual. Nor do I believe that his stories are something that is analogous to instructing through parables. I think he's just telling big windies.
And what if Brown really IS a skilled naturalist and tracker? Well, then he's a skilled naturalist and tracker who's telling big windies.
You decide if that's the instructor you want.
This is what I believe. This is what many others who apply a modicum of deductive reasoning believe. I can not prove my conclusions beyond a reasonable doubt to everyone's satisfaction. I have not been to the Tracker School. I am a police detective and outdoorsman.
As a final thought: those under the false impression that Brown has impressed all the law enforcement agencies that he's worked for - or found everybody that he's ever tried to track - should read "Incident at Big Sky." Sheriff Johnny France briefly employed Brown to no good effect. Later, Sheriff France captured kidnappers Don and Danny Nichols by himself.
Ridiculous super-ninja wannabe fantasies -- don't waste your money November 12, 2008
Jesse Taylor (North Idaho)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is fiction, even though it is not listed as such. Boring, unrealistic, childish fiction.
Tom Brown's over-the-top lies get more and more ridiculous with each chapter, as he tries progressively harder with each of his tales, to try to make himself look like some sort of superhero. Anybody who has spent any time out in the woods, and doesn't spend all of their time watching Rambo will immediately see through these childish stories ... Tom Brown is a complete fool: don't make this fake richer by spending your money on his trashy fiction novels.
If you actually want to learn about tracking -- I'd recommend the following books:
"Tracking and The Art of Seeing" by Paul Rezendes
"Mammal Tracks And Sign" by Mark Elbroch
"Tracking: Signs of Man, Signs of Hope" by David Diaz
These are three of the most high quality tracking books you'll find, and you won't feel like you've been scammed after receiving them.
this book should be listed in the FICTION section August 14, 2008
naturegirl
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
there are many good stories with lots of adventure which makes it interesting to read. unless tom brown can show proof of what he claims in this book, it should be listed in the fiction section. if other people went and and tried to copy cat what tom brown claims to have done, they would get arrested or possibly killed.
Bull! August 13, 2008
Brendan (MA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I did not read this book. I read The Tracker and was taken off guard by this man's accomplishments. The book lead me to call him my hero for several months. I noticed his cocky attitude and ultimately hard to believe tales of learning and triumph, but blindly ignored it. I am only 19, but I am ashamed that it took me to the fourth chapter of the Journey to realize that Tom Brown is a con man. Grandfather and Rick never existed and the man drives a damn hummer. I am ashamed to have his books in my bookshelf and am considering burning them for some actually wilderness servival use. DO NOT BUY INTO TOM BROWN'S LIES.
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