'When somebody moves something in your house, you notice it. When somebody moves something in the woods, I notice it.'-Tom Brown, Jr., in People magazine

In what promises to be the most acclaimed new voice of spirit, man and nature since Castaneda, the famous 'Pine Barrens' tracker reveals how ha acquired the skill that has saved dozens of lives-including his own. His story begins with the chance meeting between an ancient Apache and a New Jersey boy. It tells of an incredible apprentice ship in the wild, learning all that is hidden from modern man...

And it ends with a harrowing search in which far more than survival is at stake!

Contents

The ultimate track
Go and ask the mice
Good medicine cabin
Quick mud
Cold training
Night crawl
The dog tree
Omen
Chickadee sruvival
Jersey devil
Invisible walking
True lostness
Predator
Thaw
The end of the world
Guardian
Thoreau summer
Journeyman
Bear smacking
Outlaw dogs
Search

Amazing - opened my eyes to the patience of someone literally watching mud dry to learn how animal tracks in the pine barrens of new jersey change over time. ( )

very fun non fiction story of Tom in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. He learns how to track and has many local adventures. One night he and his friend spend the night in a tree to escape a pack of wild dogs! ( )

Another Castaneda clone. Cool ideas, but I met a guy who literally believed this book word-for-word. C'mon, really? ( )

I almost didn't read this book, the printing job is so bad. But it's the only edition available, and it was worth the eyestrain.

It is more than an account of being in nature, or of observing nature. It is about being one with nature. From the age of 8, the author has been that, and his collaborator has translated the experience into fine prose,

I've seen reviews that try to debunk Brown's experience and deny the existence of the Native American "grandfather" from whom he learned. But the woman I'm working with on healing has worked extensively with him. He is the real thing, and his story is compelling