“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 Texan’s 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 Sinai School of Medicine.
Tapir on a Rampage
Giant Jungle Man
Jungle Laundress
Chips Lends a Hand
Man-Eater
Baby Boo
Monkey Mothers
Elephant Temper
Monkey Mischief
Loose on Board
King Cobra
The Patsy
Killer of Killers
A Bear in Time
Spitting Cobra
Animal Magic
Coiled Lightning
Terrible Tusks
Striped Demon
