IN THE HIDE by Gordan Buchanan (epub)(Nonfiction)

In the Hide by Gordon Buchanan (ePub) (Nonfiction)
Author: Gordon Buchanan
First Published: February 6, 2025
Category/Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir, Nature Writing

In the Hide is the emotionally honest and raw memoir of Gordon Buchanan, one of the world’s best-known natural history cameramen. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Buchanan has filmed in some of the planet’s most remote and wild places—from snow wolf packs in Ellesmere and polar bears in Svalbard to leopards in Mumbai and equine therapy in Mongolia. His dedication to capturing the natural world often meant enduring weeks in cramped camera hides, facing sleep deprivation and harsh conditions—all to get that one extraordinary shot.

But the book is about more than wildlife adventure. Buchanan recounts a challenging childhood in Dumbarton and on the Isle of Mull, growing up on the edge of the Scottish countryside. The wild became his sanctuary, offering escape and solace from personal hardship. He writes with moving candor about how nature provided resilience in the face of adversity and how those early experiences shaped his lifelong passion for the wild