'Picture a cross between Clark Gable and that excitable Australian fellow who frolics with alligators on cable TV, and you get something of a picture of Frank Buck' - "San Antonio Express-News". 'Fans remember [Buck] as a devoted conservationist, Buck fretted often about the survival of rare species and intrepid adventurer, whose deeds in Sumatra, Borneo, India and the Philippines wowed folks at home' - "Newsday". 'Good, old-fashioned, movie-serial-type adventures in wild, exotic settings' - "Dallas Morning News". 'All in all, this is an extremely entertaining book, illustrating a different time and written in a way that brings that time to life' - "Choice". 'That this hardy Texans celebrity was earned is made evident in a new version of "Bring Em Back Alive", a compilation of exciting and often chilling first-person adventures' - "East Texas Historical Association Journal". Frank Buck spent his life capturing alive every kind of animal, from birds to snakes to elephants. The intrepid Texas animal collector and jungle adventurer enthralled generations of readers and moviegoers with the stories of danger and daring collected here.
A Frank Buck fan from boyhood, Steven Lehrer is associate professor of radiation oncology at Mount Sanai School of Medicine.
- ISBN10 1378757548
- ISBN13 9781378757543
- Publish Date 28 February 2018 (first published 15 June 2006)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Palala Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 308
- Language English