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Frank Howard Buck (March 17, 1884 – March 25, 1950) was an American hunter, animal collector, and author, as well as a film actor, director, and producer. Beginning in the 1910s he made many expeditions into Asia for the purpose of hunting and collecting exotic animals, bringing over 100,000 live specimens back to the United States and elsewhere for zoos and circuses and earning a reputation ...
Co-authors Buck (left) and Fraser, c. 1940. On Jungle Trails is a book-length compilation of Frank Buck’s stories describing how he captures wild animals. For many years, this book was a fifth grade reader in the Texas public schools, approved for state-wide use.
"Buck describes the animals in their native haunts, the capture of some of them, their characteristics, and their reactions in captivity...filled with adventure and odd bits of animal lore." Booklist 36:170 Jan 1, 1940 "The vast legion of Frank Buck's followers will find Animals Are Like That thoroughly enjoyable and instructive reading. When ...
In the latest installment of the Texas history column, Ken Bridges recalls the life of Frank Buck, who helped the U.S. appreciate wildlife and zoos
Bring ‘Em Back Alive is a 1930 book by Frank Buck. His first book, it was a best seller that catapulted him to world fame and was translated into many languages. Buck tells of his adventures capturing exotic animals. Writing with Edward Anthony, Buck relates some of his most frightening experiences, among them, his battle with an escaped king ...
Co-authors Buck (left) and Fraser, ca. 1940. All in a Lifetime by Frank Buck, with Ferrin Fraser, is Buck’s autobiography. Buck spent much of his life collecting wild animals and as a boy was a bit wild himself. He became a bellhop in a Chicago hotel, got into bad company, and just missed becoming a safe blower.
In the Sumatran jungle, Buck builds a trap baited with a durian fruit to capture a giant orangutan for a St. Louis zoo. When he sees a baby elephant pursued by a tiger, Buck shoots the tiger and captures the elephant. Buck captures a rare spotted leopard by shooting off the tree limb supporting the cat
It was an appropriate descriptor for the 29-point deer, which the dad said was unofficially scored at 238 1/8 by a taxidermist.That would shatter the Texas youth state record, set in 2018 by a 9 ...