Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck »

A Frank Buck fan from boyhood, Steven Lehrer is associate professor of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Frank Buck spent his life capturing alive every kind of animal, from birds to snakes to elephants. The intrepid Texas animal collector and jungle adventurer enthralled generations of readers and moviegoers with the stories of danger and daring collected here.

San Antonio Express-News

Picture a cross between Clark Gable and that excitable Australian fellow who frolics with alligators on cable TV, and you get something of a picture of Frank Buck.