Tim Cahill may be classified as a writer of "travel" books, but critics and readers alike will agree that his are most definitely travel books with a twist. An experienced writer, editor, and journalist, Cahill has channeled his love of the outdoors and his fear of neither man nor beast into several volumes of entertaining prose. With lighthearted titles like Jaguars Ripped My Flesh: Adventure is a Risky Business and A Wolverine Ate My Leg, his books recall the bravado of adventurers of yore ... and swiftly undercut it with a sense of fun. Whether it be hang gliding or parachuting, mountain climbing or sea kayaking, hacking his way through jungle underbrush or traversing seemingly endless stretches of desert a la Lawrence of Arabia, Cahill knows no bounds in his pursuit of his always intriguing, always lively stories. As Pam Johnson stated in School Library Journal, he is a...