Essential Novelists - James Oliver Curwood

Essential Novelists - James Oliver Curwood

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: Tacet Books

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 3969698391

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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of James Oliver Curwood which are Kazan and The Grizzly King.James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid (per word) author in the world.Novels selected for this book: Kazan.The Grizzly King.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.


Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2022-10-03

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 8726589842

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Neewa is black bear cub who loses his mother and is adopted by a hunter and his dog, Miki. However, during a wild canoe ride, Neewa and Miki get separated from the kindly hunter. They wander through the North American wilderness for several months. Since Neewa and Miki are on their own, they quickly realise that they must stick together to survive. How did the black bear cub lose his mother? Will the two nomads survive in the Northern wilderness? Will they ever be reunited with the hunter return who saved them? Find all the answers in James Oliver Curwood’s tale of danger, friendship and survival "Nomads of the North" from 1918. James Oliver Curwood (1878 - 1927) was an American writer as well as an unwavering nature lover and conservationist. As such, many of Curwood’s action-adventure stories were based on real events from the rugged landscapes of the American Northwest. He built himself Curwood Castle, which he used as a writing studio and as a place to greet guests. More than 150 motion pictures have been adapted to or directly inspired by his novels.


The Wolf Hunters

The Wolf Hunters

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2022-06-02

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 8726611309

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During the school break, two schoolmates decide to go out hunting for wolves. Their main purpose is to kill as many wolves as possible by setting traps in the woods, and then sell their skin. While on their money-making trip in the Canadian wilderness, the two boys run into a variety of problems and obstacles but an elder Indian man they meet on the way will help them with their hunt. James Oliver Curwood (1878 - 1927) was an American writer as well as an unwavering nature lover and conservationist. As such, many of Curwood’s action-adventure stories were based on real events from the rugged landscapes of the American Northwest. He built himself Curwood Castle, which he used as a writing studio and as a place to greet guests. More than 150 motion pictures have been adapted to or directly inspired by his novels.


The Alaskan

The Alaskan

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1775453219

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Writer and conservationist James Oliver Curwood was a remarkably powerful force in the campaign to bring environmental issues into the public discourse in the early twentieth century. In The Alaskan, Curwood uses the intertwined tales of two protagonists to explore the difficulties that early pioneers in Alaska faced in their everyday lives.


The Valley of Silent Men

The Valley of Silent Men

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 3734030307

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Reproduction of the original: The Valley of Silent Men by James Oliver Curwood


The Black Hunter

The Black Hunter

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher: New York : Cosmopolitan Book Corporation

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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A rousing epic tale of adventure and romance in Quebec in the 1750's, about ladies and gentlemen, about Indians and woodsmen, pre-Revolutionary days in old Quebec and Fort William Henry, and the French & Indian War. The book begins with a 3-page list of the characters and brief sketches for each. James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists.


The Valley of Silent Men Illustrated

The Valley of Silent Men Illustrated

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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The Valley of Silent Men is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by John Lynch based upon the novel of the same name by James Oliver Curwood. The film stars Alma Rubens, Lew Cody, Joe King, Mario Majeroni, George Nash, and J. W. Johnston. The film was released on September 10, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] It is not known whether the film currently survives in its entirety.


Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North

Author: James Oliver Curwood

Publisher:

Published: 1919

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Adventures of Neewa, a black bear, and Miki, a wolf, in Canada's northlands.