Wild Cargo was Frank Buck

Frank Buck (animal collector)

Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...

’s second book, a best seller. Buck continued his tales of his adventures capturing exotic animals.
Writing with Edward Anthony

Edward Anthony (writer)

Edward Anthony was a journalist and writer who co-wrote Frank Buck’s first two books, Bring 'Em Back Alive, and Wild Cargo.-Early career:...

, Buck related many of his experiences working with jungle creatures.

Chapters

Buck was a keen observer and student of animal psychology and includes occasional bits of shocking realism, for example in "Killer of Killers" he relates the story of a man-eating tiger that could be trapped by only one kind
of bait: human flesh. In "Coiled Lightning" he describes an encounter with a hungry python. In "Spitting Cobra" he tells of a painful meeting with one of the most unpleasant snakes in the world. In "The Patsy" Buck tells the story of a young female elephant who had nothing but bad luck; in "Black Fury" of a leopard who escaped from his cage on shipboard; and in "Terrible Tusks" of a tremendous conflict, witnessed by his native assistant, between two bull elephants contending for the mastery of a herd of females. "A Bear In Time" is the story of a destructive honey bear

Honey bear

Honey bear may refer to:Bear species with light-colored upper-chest fur:* Sun Bear of Southeast Asia* Sloth Bear of Indian subcontinentOther bear species:* American black bear* Kinkajou, native of Latin AmericaInanimate objects:...

that Buck used to rid himself of a bore, who had threatened to move into his house. “Animal Magic” describes native medicines: tigers' gall bladders, hairs from elephants' tails and leopards' shoulder bones. “Striped Demon,” the final chapter, is the thrilling story of an attack on Buck by a tiger he is trying to film.

Critical reception

"Enough legitimate action and suspense to make a dozen average jungle motion picture films"