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| Dances with Beagles |
Posted - July 15 2004 : 12:45:08 AM
I just started reading "Case Files of the Tracker" by Tom Brown Jr. It's fascinating! I've heard of him and his work, but I haven't read anything of his until now. Is anyone out there a fan (or not)? Any thoughts on Tom Brown and his work? Has anyone here actually gone to his tracking school?
I just would like to add that Tom Brown and his tracker school are located in that great, wild, wilderness in........you guessed it....New Jersey! |
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Posted - August 16 2005 : 09:27:53 AM
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Originally posted by Bookworm
.....they were stuck all night in the terrifying New Jersey wilderness.
Ah yes, the terrifying New Jersey wilderness!
Actually, it's not without merit---there are legends of the Jersey Devil lurking in the Pine Barrens, excuse me, Pinelands. The Jersey Devil is said to live in the Blue Hole, a deep bottomless pond of water where one should never, ever swim, or you'll drown.
But in reality, in south Jersey, one is never far from a Wawa* store, and had Chris and Paulie walked a bit, they certainly would have bumped into one within 5 miles! Or if they had encountered the Jersey Devil, the Sopranos could have taken a whole new plot direction...the Sopranos meets the X-Files.
*Wawa----a Lenni Lenape word for Canada Goose, the name of convenience stores, conveniently located about every 3 miles in parts of PA and NJ. They have good coffee! |
| Bookworm |
Posted - August 16 2005 : 08:22:09 AM
My husband has read and enjoyed several of Tom Brown's earlier books. I haven't read any, but last winter I made frequent use of his book on identifying animal tracks -- I would see tracks on the snow while walking the dog, then look them up when we got home. I've identified tracks of deer (duh), fox, and (I think) possum. We'll have to check out this new book, Nancy -- thanks for the recommendation. And you're right about that Sopranos episode -- Christopher and Paulie took "the Russian" there to eliminate him, but he escaped and they were stuck all night in the terrifying New Jersey wilderness. |
| Gadget Girl |
Posted - August 15 2005 : 8:36:57 PM
I believe Jayne mentioned Tom Brown to me before. She or Don one has some interest there - Perhaps you might email or PM her!
GG |
| Dances with Beagles |
Posted - August 15 2005 : 5:47:40 PM
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Originally posted by maiinkan
I have read many of Tom Brown's books. Very interesting. He was schooled in his youth by an Apache and practically lived in the "pine barrens " of NJ. One of the last wild, undeveloped natural wildlife habitats in the US. Isolated enough for mob people to use as an "evidence" dump on it's outskirts. He is the real deal. Maiinkan
I just have to point out that it is not "PC" to call them the "Pine Barrens" anymore....they are now the "Pinelands"!!!!
And yes, the mob has enjoyed the use of the NJ wilderness...! I think one episode of the Sopranos had two of them lost there. |
| maiinkan |
Posted - August 15 2005 : 2:02:52 PM
I have read many of Tom Brown's books. Very interesting. He was schooled in his youth by an Apache and practically lived in the "pine barrens " of NJ. One of the last wild, undeveloped natural wildlife habitats in the US. Isolated enough for mob people to use as an "evidence" dump on it's outskirts. He is the real deal. Maiinkan |
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