Author
When war correspondent Floyd Gibbons suggested that Buck write about Buck's animal collecting adventures, Buck collaborated with Edward Anthony on Bring 'Em Back Alive, which became a bestseller in 1930, and Wild Cargo, a best seller in 1932. While these books made him world famous, Buck remarked later that he was prouder of his 1936 elementary school reader, On Jungle Trails, saying "Wherever I go, children mention this book to me and tell me how much they learned about animals and the jungle from it."
Buck's autobiography, All In A Lifetime, was published in 1941. Buck wrote Fang and Claw, On Jungle Trails, All In A Lifetime, Tim Thompson in the Jungle, and Jungle Animals in collaboration with a radio dramatist, Ferrin Fraser.
Buck wrote Animals Are Like That with journalist Carol Weld.
Bring 'Em Back Alive was printed as Classics Illustrated #104. In 2000, Steven Lehrer published a new collection of Frank Buck's stories.
George T. Bye, a New York literary agent, represented Frank Buck in the publication of Bring 'Em Back Alive and subsequent books.
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