North Idaho native, Robert L. Campbell, has lived enough campfire stories to fill many volumes. After all, he is several people in one lifetime: a Navy man, polio survivor, hunter, trapper, outdoorsman, sawyer, gold prospector, lookout, surveyor, cougar hunter, Civil Engineer Technician, man-trailing Bloodhound trainer, and skunk surgeon advisor. He has tales to tell.Now, at last, true tales of Cougar Bob Campbell meet in a book. It’s about time. After years of circulating in Idaho, the Northwest, the U.S. and several foreign countries, legends of his adventures form a story collection called Close Calls. Author B. J. Campbell gathers twenty-six short stories, most featuring a narrow escape. Prior publications, such as Abiding the Law,
Licked,
Tanning Hides Requires Brains,
Taking the Cougar Challenge and The Brush Fit, are included, from the outdoor magazines in which they appeared.Light-hearted excerpts from The Cougar Bob Review, a twenty-year periodic publication about the man’s exploits and problem solving approaches, also find their way into the book between the short stories.