Books with author Julie B Campbell

Close Calls: The True Tales of Cougar Bob is a collection of stories about North Idaho native, Robert L. "Cougar Bob" Campbell. People know Cougar Bob as the man who climbs trees and takes cougar and bear with his pocketknife, if necessary. They might know him as the trapper who, at Idaho Fish and Game's request, caught the Bayview Cougar, after it killed livestock and stalked children at the school bus stop. Naturally, most of the book's twenty-six stories feature a narrow escape. All of the stories are true. Author, B. J. Campbell, tells them as creative non-fiction. Many tales offer readers a chance to laugh, as do "Hound Music," and "The Brush Fit." Other stories carry serious themes, such as Bob's bout with polio in the Navy, "Bracing for Life," and his "Coming Home." News Flashes from The Cougar Bob Review, the popular twenty-year annual newsletter publication about the man's exploits, appear between the short stories. By way of short stories and Review excerpts, readers will get to know Cougar Bob. Excerpts from The Cougar Bob Review follow each short story in Close Calls. All of the adventures of "Cougar Bob" Campbell recorded in this book happened. They are true events, told as creative non-fiction, as close as possible to the actual incident, except occasional alteration of names. 170 pages of Cougar Bob's exploits, excepts from The Cougar Bob Review and a few illustrations just for good measure.

In Close Calls: The True Tales of Cougar Bob, the twenty-six creative non-fiction short stories are about courage, and what it takes to prove it. The Close Calls just bring it out in Cougar Bob. What does it take for North Idaho long distance runner, Robert L. Campbell, to get into the Navy if he is under weight? What does it take for him to walk again, and run, after polio in the Navy? To hunt down and trap a cougar that stalks kids at a school bus stop? To track an escaped killer with his man-trailing bloodhound? To face life-threatening blizzards? To swim rivers at ice flow, or be dropped on a rope across the Moyie Canyon to set a road survey point? Or to volunteer always for the toughest jobs?Newsflashes from “The Cougar Bob Review,” a twenty-year, mostly humorous, periodic two-page publication about the man, appear between the short stories in this eBook. In the “Review,” author B. J. Campbell reveals the truth about her fervent, focused, brave husband, Cougar Bob.

1954, hardcover edition, Whitman, Racine, WI. 282 pages. Nice 2-tone illustrations by Margaret Wesley. Written by Julie Campbell. Years ago, there was an established market for young adult adventure fiction. We had the Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew / Trixie Belden / and yes, Ginny Gordon. Ginny, like a lot of her fellow adventurers, got into one problem after another. But she was able to solve all kinds of mysteries.