Grandfather: A Native American's Lifelong Search for Truth and Harmony with Nature by Tom Brown

Synopsis

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.

Author Biography: Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn tracking and hunting at the age of eight. He has founded a renowned survival school and is the author of bestselling wilderness guides bearing his name.

Annotation

From the bestselling author of Awakening Spirits, The Search, America's most acclaimed outdoorsman tells the life story of his greatest spiritual teacher--a Native American who mastered the skills of survival, who learned from the beauties of nature, and whose quest for inner peace can enlight readers.

School Library Journal

YA-Another in the list of Brown's wilderness/mysticism/ethos/survival books. This one takes readers through some of the most profound experiences of the old Apache of the title, who imparted to his grandson the wisdom expressed in the author's earlier titles. Going much deeper than nostalgia for a lost way of life, this work exhorts readers to eschew materialism and waste, and return to a simpler but more satisfying relationship with the fragile Earth. Grandfather is filled with visions and mystical phenomena as it relates the old man's search for the universal and sublime truths that will enable humankind to find harmony with nature.-Judy McAloon, Potomac Branch, Prince Edward Public Library System, VA