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Website. www.frankbuckzoo.com. Frank Buck Zoo is a small zoo founded in 1930 and located in the 30 acres (12.1 ha) Leonard Park in Gainesville, Texas, United States. The zoo started as the Gainesville Community Circus in 1930. It is home to more than 130 animals.
Frank Howard Buck (March 17, 1884 – March 25, 1950) was an American hunter, animal collector, and author, as well as a film actor, director, and producer. Beginning in the 1910s he made many expeditions into Asia for the purpose of hunting and collecting exotic animals, bringing over 100,000 live specimens back to the United States and elsewhere for zoos and circuses and earning a reputation ...
Leonard Parks' wooden playground was expanded in 1999 and is located near the entrance to the Frank Buck Zoo. Gainesville hosts year-round adult softball for both men's league and co-ed league, a couple of seasons of sand volleyball, and a season of indoor basketball. Medal of Honor Park. City parks include: BP Douglas Park; Edison Park
Jul. 16—A benefit concert for Frank Buck Zoo is set for Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Gainesville Farmer's Market. This event, sponsored by the Frank Buck Zoological Society, will feature Larry Joe ...
Buck's books are long out of print [1] and remain copyrighted, [a] and are thus generally inaccessible outside of academic or major municipal libraries. However, Buck's statements are a primary source on the exotic animal trade and development of American zoos in the early 20th century; The Best of Frank Buck has been assigned reading in a ...
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Bring ‘Em Back Alive is a 1930 book by Frank Buck. His first book, it was a best seller that catapulted him to world fame and was translated into many languages. Buck tells of his adventures capturing exotic animals. Writing with Edward Anthony, Buck relates some of his most frightening experiences, among them, his battle with an escaped king ...