Reviews
"Lee takes readers from his rookie days as a Game Warden in 1997 up to his retirement in 2007 and he tells quite a story. As he relates his experiences you feel like you are sitting beside him in his 18-foot fiberglass 'Old Timer' patrol boat."
--Panama City News Herald
"Gives readers a look inside the secret tricks of the trade of both poachers and the officers that relentlessly chase them as they uphold their charge to protect Florida's wildlife."
--Woods 'n Water
"Between the flat out laughs is a glimpse into what can be a deadly job."
--St. Augustine Record
"This engrossing book is filled with stories like those of Gator, an off-duty patrol officer out killing 18 hogs in his spare time as they pass through a fence."
--Book News Inc.
"As thrilling as any Indiana Jones epic."
--Florida Times-Union
"Pure joy to read…Backcounty Lawman has something for everybody, including white-knuckle boat chases in the dark, surveillance on bird poachers, deer decoy operations, and even an entertaining, yet important, pollution case."
--International Game Warden
"A fast, fun read that anyone who has spent much time in the Florida outdoors will thoroughly enjoy…Lee is a natural story-teller and has a novelist’s eye for the telling detail, the smells and sounds and sights of the woods, rivers, and lakes of northeast Florida."
--The Fishing Wire
"An entertaining, enlightening and occasionally hilarious read."
--The Outdoor Wire
"If you think that Florida game wardens exist exclusively to issue citations to unlicensed fisherman, read Bob H. Lee's Backcountry Lawman now…High speed chases, shootouts, monkey-fishing, and being urinated on:is Backcountry Lawman a thrilling non-fiction book or just a really good Saturday night?"
--Florida Book Review
"Lee’s stories highlight the dangers and humor of hunting down these illegal hunters...an interesting and entertaining read."
--Robert E. Hoopes
"Takes readers to the wetlands and pine woods of north Florida where poachers and lawmen played a cat-and-mouse game under the stars and around the dangerous reptiles lurking beneath the water’s surface."
--Starke Journal
"Provides an inside look at the sometimes amusing and sometimes scary things game wardens must do to catch fish and wildlife law violators."
--South Florida Sun-Sentinel