Norman himself was a student of Don Mayfield. The keeps in this book are keeps that we're used by Normans crew over the years and shows how they evolved throughout that time.The book is laid out in way that it covers those years from the beginning till the last days of that crews hunting days. It's filled with interesting stories that you'll never hear anywhere else. It's good that you bought the "I smell blood" book first because it references a lot of information ( Background stories) leading up to this most current and last book of the three book series. Some people may find some of the information in the books as inflammatory because the author tells things about certain celebrity dog men that chose to go main stream and sale lots of dogs. But the reality is Norman was a very private man but also one of the most respected in the game back in the day. These books are worth reading if for nothing more than preserving the history of the game back in the days before things were made highly illegal and pushed decent people away and invited the worst kinds in.