Paul Rezendes

Although Paul lives on the same piece of conservation land that I do, I have yet to meet him. As homework for this occurrence, I read this book.

I was gifted this book by a student of a student of his for my tenth birthday. It had just been reprinted, and I was lucky enough to get a signed copy.

Since then, it's been sitting on my shelf. I've been intending to read it during the intervening decade and a half, but just got around to it.

it's amazing! It's so much more than a book on tracking. show more Paul shares a number of personal stories about experiences or observations with different animals, and also describes what I found to be peculiar and intriguing [rather than textbook] attributes about each animal.

Even though the body of the book is excellent, I was most caught by the introduction, which is about how the "art of seeing" has informed Paul's life on the whole. He has a book about just this subject ["The Wild Within"], which I think will be the next stop on my list. show less

I loved Paul's first book. I couldn't finish reading this one though. It felt very pessimistic to me; a lot of complaining. In the stories he related, it seemed to me like he was always having a bad time.

I was very excited by the premise, but the execution didn't work out for me.

One of the best guides for tracking in the northeastern US. As a tracker, I make sure it's always in my pack when I'm in the field. Easy to use with amazing photographs for reference - highly recommended for trackers/naturalists of any level.

I understand the stories and the lessons that this man is trying to teach. I also am intrigued about learning how to track animals through the wild and deepening my own shamanic practice.