 When Chicago radio and newsreel personality Floyd Gibbons suggested that Buck write about his animal collecting adventures, he collaborated with journalist Edward Anthony to co-author "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (1930), which became a bestseller and earned him the nickname Frank "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Buck.He arranged for a film crew to accompany him on his next collecting expedition to Asia in order to create a film of the same title, which was released in 1932 and starred Buck as himself.He was also the main feature of "Bring 'Em Back Alive", an NBC radio program promoting the film which aired October 30–December 18, 1932 and July 16–November 16, 1934.