Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #192642 in Books
• Published on: 1996-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Read and Read Again
I have read this book no less than five times in the past ten years. My father gave me a copy that my brother wouldn't take the time to read and, when I first looked at it, I was skeptical. I thought that I knew the Pine Barrens first hand having grown up in the same area and at the same time as Tom Brown. Reading the book was a humbling experience for me. I had never even seen the surface of what the Pine Barrens (an nature in general) had to offer. He makes believable the unbelievable. I have since purchased, read and re-read everything I can find by Tom Brown and, though I no longer live near the Pine Barrens, have developed a deeper appreciation of the natural world and my place in it. One last amazing thing about the book -- he is writing about New Jersey!

Earthy Spirituality
This is my 4th Tom Brown book and I enjoyed the others so much I've decided to read them in sequence. I found out about Tom from a reference in a book on Shamanism and have previously read most of Castaneda's work. I find that there is a lot of similarity between the philosophy of Tom and Castaneda, but where Castaneda is fantastical, Tom is very earthy - a much gentler read than Castaneda. The book reads as a classic adventure tales for boys, I used to read a series of books when I was younger 'Amazon Adventure, African Adventure etc.' I don't know if these would stand the test of reading as an adult, but these books used to make me want to live the wild bit, Tom Brown has the same effect.

I have given this book to people I love
This book is full of stories you will never forget - bear smacking? - really! It will make you want to read all of Tom Brown's books and may change your life as it changed mine . . I will never look at the world in the same way and will be a lifelong student of tracking and scouting the. But even if this book does not strike a person that way, I have never found a more enjoyable collection of adventures.