I recently read and re-read four Tom Brown, Jr. books as background for addressing my is-or-can-tracking-be-science question. I also read a number of other tracking books. Trying to compare and contrast the various books has caused me some problems.

Specifically I am talking about: Tracker, Case Files of the Tracker, Science and Art of Tracking, and Nature Observation and Tracking. The non-Brown books are clearly non-fiction, but there are aspects of the Brown books that do not seem to fit that mold. Nor do the Brown books seem structured or intended to be fiction.

If the other books can be lumped together and seen as advocating science-based tracking, do you think it is fair to call the Brown books spirit-and-science-based tracking?