2014 USA Best Book Award for narrative non-fiction and bronze medal winner eLit Awards, 2013 gold medal winner Living Now Awards, March 2014 #1 book of the month Stevo's internet reviews, June 2013 book of the month Pacific book review. "My book helps people to face their fears and do things they never thought they could do. I have always had a philosophy that it is worse to let my fear stop me, then to fail at the task." This book was based on the author's actual life experiences, in which she conquered her own fears relied on her intuition to survive and became stronger for it. It's a fascinating series of autobiographical stories told by Pat Toth-Smith. The story telling pulls you into her perilous world, where you share the strange and sometimes dangerous situations she navigates as she travels the highways and wilderness areas of North America. In the end it all seems worth it when we see the results of her labors, the stunning wildlife photos, the vivid observations of the animal's behavior and the hard earned knowledge gleaned from learning on the job. Wild Among Us is unique in that it has the aesthetic beauty of a fine art photo book combined with the powerful stories of pursuit, danger and life-threatening wildlife encounters.
Author Biography
Pat Toth-Smith grew up in New Jersey and moved to California in her late 20's and embarked on an adventurous and sometimes dangerous career photographing hard to find North American wildlife such as bears, wolves, cougars and other wildlife. "I have always felt it was worse to never do something because I was afraid to do it, then to do it and fail. So I pushed myself to do what I love, photographing wildlife." Her bear and other wildlife photographs have sold in numerous galleries throughout the West, and in hundreds of fine art shows. A featured artist in Wildlife Art magazine in 2005, Pat also was a guest artist at Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel in 2008, and has sold her work in Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. After appearing in multiple newspaper articles in the San Francisico Bay area, she has become a featured guest speaker at conferences and educational events.
