GRANDFATHER by Tom Brown Jnr 1993 / 202 pages. *****

At last, Tom Brown Jnr - America's most acclaimed outdoorsman - tells the life story of his greatest spiritual teacher. A man who has mastered and shared the skills of survival, who learned from the beauties of nature, and whose quest for inner peace can enlighten us all. "Grandfather was an anachronism. Modern time and place had no value in his world, for his world was without limits or time. His world was truly one of the ancients, part man, part animal, and almost entirely spirit. His home was the wilderness, and in the wilderness he tested all things. Most of all, he was a searcher for truth. His was a life of grand simplicity that few would ever know, where true riches were defined in beauty." Here is the incredible true story of Tom Brown Jnr's Native American teacher, whose tribe roamed free, far from the chaos we call "civilization". His wisdom is a remarkable integration of different philosophies, of different peoples, tribes and religions. Now, Tom Brown Jnr shares the insights of his beloved teacher - insights that speak to the eternal spirit within us all.