● Contemporary Psychic Use By Police in America (1981)
“If you are so good, why the hell didn’t you find that little boy? If that were my 6-year-old son and you didn’t use every tool in your ‘tool box,’ I’d nail your hide to the wall.” That room full of cynics instinctively sat up and took notice, which of course, was my intent. For a half-dozen years, that would be my opening salvo on presentations to a bunch of SAR managers at the annual NASAR Conference. After two years of research, I wrote, “Contemporary Psychic Use by Police in America.” All of a sudden, I was viewed as an authority on the subject. And yes, there are way too many frauds and/or those who just want to be helpful, but aren’t. But I can also tell you, there are a great many search and law enforcement cases where they play key roles, even resolving the situation.
● National Park Ranger: An American Icon (2003)
Foreward by Fran P. Mainella, Director, National Park Service; Published 2003 by Roberts Rinehart Company, Boulder, CO; 180 pages.
“Dressed in the familiar gray and green uniform and crowned with the traditional ‘Smokey the Bear’ hat, the National Park Service Ranger is symbolic of many things in American culture: protection and preservation, education and enlightenment, solitude and self-sufficiency.”
NPS Director Fran Mainella
This book is available from Amazon.
● Death, Daring, & Disaster—Search and Rescue in the National Parks (2005)
Foreward by former Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall; Published 1998 by Roberts Rinehart Company, Boulder, CO; Revised in 2005; 550 pages.
“A gripping history of search and rescue in our national parks filled with adventure stories often with tragic outcomes. A ringing tribute to the deserving men and women who have performed heroically in search and rescue over the years. Highly recommended reading.”
Royal Robbins, legendary climber and mountaineer
This book is available from Amazon.
● Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite (2007)
Co-Author Dr. Michael Ghiglieri. Foreward by Michael Finley, Superintendent of Everglades, Yosemite, and Yellowstone National Parks; Published 2007 by Puma Press, Flagstaff, AZ; most recent revision in 2020; 608 pages.
“Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in America’s first protected land of scenic wonders.”
National Park Ranger, Michael Finley
This book is available from Amazon.
● Big Walls, Swift Waters: Epic Stories from Yosemite Search and Rescue (2017)
Foreward by Jack Morehead, Superintendent of Everglades and Yosemite National Parks; Published 2017 by Yosemite Conservancy, Yosemite National Park, CA; 223 pages. Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award: Instruction.
“The saving of human life will take precedence over all other management actions as the Park Service strives to protect human life and provide for injury-free visits.”
NPS Management Policies, 2006
On November 30, 2017, the Yosemite Conservancy announced that its book, "Big Walls, Swift Waters: Epic Stories from Yosemite Search and Rescue" by Charles R. “Butch” Farabee, won a National Outdoor Book Award. See the Awards webpage.
This book is available from Amazon.
● Diving in the National Park Service: An Administrative History (2019)
Co-Author Daniel J. Lenihan. Foreward by Jack Morehead, Superintendent of Everglades and Yosemite National Parks. Published 2019 by National Park Service, Lakewood, CO; 230 pages.
“The National Park Service has the oldest non-military diving program in the Federal Government. Upwards of twenty percent of parks are underwater requiring divers for drownings, maintenance, archaeology, and resource management. This includes watching over the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor.”
National Park Ranger, Jack Morehead
This book is available from the National Park Service.
● Camp Lawton, 1921–2021: A Century of Scouting (2021)
Published 2021 in The Smoke Signal by the Tucson Corral of the Westerners, 44 pages.
“Scouting came to Tombstone in late 1910, with Tucson getting its first Troop the following April. Camp Lawton, Southern Arizona’s first Boy Scout Camp, threw open its tent flaps, June 21, 1921; in 2021, it celebrated its Centennial. During those one-hundred years, 25,000 young men and women experienced all that Boy Scout founder, Lord Baden-Powell, had wished for them: adventure, excitement, discovery, and fun. High in the Santa Catalina Mountains, they gained confidence, proficiency, and a sense of achievement through nature lore, campcraft, and the many challenges that Scouting offers. They were exposed to leadership and life skills, while building self-esteem through the 12 values of The Scout Law. This Smoke Signal documents that history.”
In June 2021, this publication received third place in the Annual “Coke” Wood Award.
This publication is available at the tucsoncorralwesterners.com .
●Southern Arizona Search & Rescue and First Responder History: 1901–2000 (2023)
Digital Book; 599 pages.
See the Southern Arizona Search & Rescue and First Responder History: 1901–2000 webpage.