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FRANK BUCK
BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE CARDS
1950
Published by T.C. G. (TOPPS)
It is likely there are very few people under the age of sixty for whom the name Frank Buck would have any degree of meaning or recognition. A early-20th century adventurer, world traveler, animal collector, author and filmmaker, Buck would become forever associated with his famous mantra,"bring 'em back alive." For our purposes here, Buck would inspire tribute and parody in Disney-produced cartoons of the era.
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Frank Buck (March 7, 1884 – March 25, 1950) was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer. He is probably most famous for his book Bring 'Em Back Alive and his 1930s and 40s jungle adventure movies including: Wild Cargo, Jungle Cavalcade, Jacare, and Killer of the Amazon, many of which included staged "fights to the death" between formidable beasts. Born in Gainesville, Texas, Buck grew up in Dallas and excelled in geography, at the cost of "utter failure on all the other subjects of that limited Dallas curriculum."[1]
While still a child, Buck began collecting birds and small animals, and tried his hand at farming before getting a job as a cowpuncher. Accompanying a cattlecar to the Chicago stockyards, he refused to take the trip back to Texas, and spent the rest of his days supporting himself on various jobs while seeking adventure. In 1911, he won $3,500 in a poker game and decided to go overseas for the first time, leaving his wife and setting out for Brazil.[2] Bringing back exotic birds to New York, he was surprised by the amount of his profits. Trips to Singapore followed, and he was traveled the world for 18 years, until the stock market crash of 1929 left him penniless. However, friends lent him $6,000 and soon he was back to his profitable work.
When war correspondent Floyd Gibbons suggested that Buck write about his adventures, he collaborated with Edward Anthony on Bring 'Em Back Alive, which became a bestseller starting in 1930. While the book made him world famous, Buck would say 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."[1] Buck's autobiography, "All in a Lifetime," was published in 1941.
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During the 1920s and '30s, Texas native Buck traveled the world trapping wild animals to display in what he referred to as a, "Jungle Camp." In 1934, he brought the camp to the Chicago World's Fair and patrons marveled so, that just one year later, Buck was able to open a 40-acre zoo in Massapequa, NY.
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Frank Buck
Have you ever taken the kids to the zoo or
chaperoned a field trip there and stopped at a massive monkey exhibit? And
they're flinging dung and swinging their young into acrobatic flips or peeling
and eating fruit chunks... and you think, "Who's clever idea was it to
pluck these fellas from the wild, contain them, and display them for public
viewing?"
That would be Frank Buck.
During the 1920s and '30s, Texas native Buck traveled the world trapping wild
animals to display in what he referred to as a, "Jungle Camp." In
1934, he brought the camp to the Chicago World's Fair and patrons marveled so,
that just one year later, Buck was able to open a 40-acre zoo in Massapequa, NY.
The Frank Buck Zoo's main attraction was "Monkey Mountain." An exhibit
fashioned after the Matterhorn, Monkey Mountain stood 70 feet tall and visitors
came from miles around to see 500 rhesus monkeys clamor for space and claim
territory. A year after opening, 150 of the critters escaped and police had to
corral them from the highway.
Used by permission. ©2009 Gemstone Publishing, Inc. and/or Diamond International Galleries except where noted.
All other material ©2008 respective copyright holders. All rights reserved.
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