News & Events 2003-2004

Survival Expert Tom Brown, Jr. Speaks at Blair Academy

Consultant to television and movie industries

Tom Brown, Jr., one of the leading authorities on the outdoors and wilderness survival, and a consultant to the TV and movie industry, spoke in Cowan Auditorium on Tuesday, April 6, as part of Blair’s Society of Skeptics series.

Brown, who runs the internationally acclaimed Tracker School in Asbury and is the author of 17 books, will speak about his experiences in survival situations. Brown and his school are often featured on news and entertainment shows, where Brown’s expertise in dealing with survival situations, in the wilderness and elsewhere, is the focus. In addition, Brown has been featured in dozens of major magazines and newspapers, such as Outside Magazine, Field & Stream, Sports Illustrated and Newsweek.

He was the technical advisor to the Paramount Pictures’ recent release, “The Hunted,” starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. He is currently working with Court TV on a made-for-TV movie project and a weekly action show that will debut on April 22. In addition, Brown recently appeared on the “The Brini Maxwell Show,” a new offering from Style Network.

One of Brown’s more popular books is his “Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival,” which outlines ways to deal with an assortment of “everyday” survival situations, including power outages, crime, earthquakes and other disasters. In 1978, he published the first of his books, “The Tracker,” an autobiography of his life. Among his other book credits are “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival,” “Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature Awareness and Tracking,” “The Way of the Scout,” and “Grandfather.” His newest book, “Case Files of The Tracker,” focusing on many of Brown’s real-life tracking cases, came out in December.

To this day, Brown works with many law enforcement agencies, as well as with the military, on various projects.

In March of 1978, Tom opened up the Tracker School, where he has been able to teach thousands of people from all over the world about the wilderness and all it has to offer. For information about The Tracker School, visit www.TrackerSchool.com.

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