Grandfather

A Native American's Lifelong Search for Truth and Harmony with Nature

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On sale Nov 01, 2001 | 208 Pages | 9780425181744

Who is Grandfather? To Tom Brown, Jr. he was an invaluable teacher, one without limits or time, one whose world was an eternity, and whose riches were defined in the beauty of nature. The true identity of Brown's teacher is one of the many great mysteries which unfold in this tribute to the eternal spirit in everyone.
GrandfatherIntroduction
1. Grandfather's Quest
2. A Different Drum
3. The Stone Vision
4. The Tree Speaks
5. Aloneness
6. White Death
7. First Pilgrimage to South America
8. The Priest
9. The Waterfall
10. Journey to Death
11. Journey to the Lights
12. Broken People
13. To Teach
Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. He was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro.  In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection. View titles by Tom Brown, Jr.

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Who is Grandfather? To Tom Brown, Jr. he was an invaluable teacher, one without limits or time, one whose world was an eternity, and whose riches were defined in the beauty of nature. The true identity of Brown's teacher is one of the many great mysteries which unfold in this tribute to the eternal spirit in everyone.

Table of Contents

GrandfatherIntroduction
1. Grandfather's Quest
2. A Different Drum
3. The Stone Vision
4. The Tree Speaks
5. Aloneness
6. White Death
7. First Pilgrimage to South America
8. The Priest
9. The Waterfall
10. Journey to Death
11. Journey to the Lights
12. Broken People
13. To Teach

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Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. He was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro.  In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection. View titles by Tom Brown, Jr.

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