Tom Brown Jr.Recensioni

Great Native American culture experience and it relates to all religions
Not a bookclub book. Husband and son reading it too

'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.

3.5 From the title one can easily discern what this book is about and it's timely nature. Climate crisis is often on the news, in documentaries and the many books we read warning us of its dire effects. This book is divided into chapters each deals with a subject that is necessary to our lives. Shelter, water, fire, food etc.

With each subject the author explains how he was taught to view each of these items, and the ways we are basically ruining them. What makes this book different is that at the end of each chapter he tells us what we can do now to effect change. No action is too small, but the object is to start and keep going. At books end there are exercises and stories from students at his school.

"The third choice is to take actions small and collective, to be aware of the environments you move through, interacting and caring for them as a caretaker and a healer of our Earth mother."

"Indigenous people know that the wood we burn in our fires is much more than a piece of firewood. They view the wood they burn as a combination of solid sunshine, rainwater and air. Tress and plants are the future soils of life. As the wood decays, it not only provides fresh nutrients to our soil, but is used by animals and insects as their homes and shelters."

As one can see everything on Earth is connected, and we haven't been very good caretakers. We have taken a great many things for granted, not mindfully considering the choices we make.½

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!

This book is awsome!!!!: I obtained thid book from my local library when they got rid of it, because I was the only person who would ever check it out. I think it is a great book for anyone who wants to or is trying to regain their ancestrial roots. It vividly explains how to build shelters, tan hides, and even make arrowheads. Personally I love it and I think others will probably feel the same way.

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

human tracking, very subtle details, pressures, clearly explained,

a reference book for adults

not just guide books,Tom took me back to myself. Nature and the way we are in it, philosophy of the earth, thoughts which are the purest distillation of us ,being here.

It effectively tells the spiritual journey that made Stalking Wolf, but also left me wanting to know more of his adventures.

As interesting as his other lessons, and probably the most readable. I would probably recommend this as the best introduction to him. He also answered the fates of Grandfather and Rick.

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

Intriguing and captivating introduction from someone who has really practiced it.

796.5