Bøker av James Oliver Curwood

After killing a man in self-defense, Donald McRae is forced to go on the run with his young son, Pierre. Hiding in the Canadian wilderness, Donald and Pierre are able to live in peace for several years. However, nervous that the Canadian police force was circling in on them, Donald is forced to go on the run again, only this time, he cannot bring Pierre. Thinking that life on the run was not a suitable lifestyle for a child, Donald sends Pierre to seek refuge in a small village near Lake Superior. Donald continues to run from the law as Pierre grows up without him, making friends, falling in love, earning enemies, and eagerly hoping for his father¿s return. Set in a French-Canadian pioneer village near Lake Superior in the late 19th century, A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness by James Oliver Curwood is written with intricate description and provides a rare perspective of this region during the 1980s. With suspense, romance, and thrilling action, A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness is a fascinating tale with relatable themes of coming-of-age, family, and love. This edition of A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness by James Oliver Curwood now features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in a font that is both modern and readable. With these accommodations, this edition of A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness crafts an accessible and pleasant reading experience for modern audiences while restoring the original beauty of James Oliver Curwood¿s literature.

KazanFather of Baree The unforgettable adventures of a wolf-dogKazan, three-quarters dog and one-quarter wolf, searches for companionship while struggling to survive the harsh Canadian wilderness. He suffers every threat imaginable, from man and beast alike. Finally, with his courageous mate, Gray Wolf, he befriends humans and travels with them in an adventures trek through the frozen Northern wilds.

The thrilling adventure of a half-tame, half-wild wolf pup, born of a dog father and blind wolf mother, who must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness.

Drei Geschichten von James Oliver Curwood, erschienen in den Jahren 1912, 1915 und 1920Der Spassmacher (1912):Man kann zu viel lachen. Man kann zu fröhlich sein. Man kann zu sehr auf die Sonnenseite des Lebens blicken. Sie mögen dies nicht glauben, und genauso erging es Bobby McTabb; doch bei McTabb hat es sich bewahrheitet. Es bedurfte des Mädchens, um ihm zu helfen - Kitty Duchene war ihr Name - groß gewachsen und süß anzusehen, mit diesen klaren blauen Augen, dunkel, mit der Schönheit von Veilchen, die so gut zu ihrem Haar passen, das im Schatten braun und in der Sonne golden ist. Gemeinsam haben sie er herausgefunden - ganz plötzlich. Es ist ihre Geschichte, doch niemand wird sie glauben; aber es ist die Wahrheit.Thomas Jefferson Brown (1915):Ein sympathischer, gut gebauter Mann von guter Abstammung, mit einem großen Herzen und ein schwerer Fall von 'Wanderlust'. Mit seiner Fähigkeit, sieben Instrumente ohne Instrument zu spielen, die Herzen der Kinder im Handumdrehen zu erobern und die Arbeit von drei Männern zu erledigen, war er ein durch und durch sympathischer Kerl. Er blieb nur nicht gerne lange an einem Ort oder in einem Job, und er gab seine blaublütige Herkunft nie preis - nie, bis er Isobel traf. Irgendetwas an ihr brachte den Mann und Helden in ihm auf eine Art und Weise zum Vorschein, wie er es nie zuvor getan hatte, und als Untergang und Tod sein sicheres Los zu sein schien, griff das Schicksal ein und reichte ihm eine helfende Hand.Die Maus (1920):Ein Abenteuer in der Wildnis im hohen Norden Kanadas. Ein frecher Winzling wird zum Freund - und noch viel mehr.

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Excerpt: "Kazan lay mute and motionless, his gray nose between his forepaws, his eyes half closed. A rock could have appeared scarcely less lifeless than he; not a muscle twitched; not a hair moved; not an eyelid quivered. Yet every drop of the wild blood in his splendid body was racing in a ferment of excitement that Kazan had never before experienced; every nerve and fiber of his wonderful muscles was tense as steel wire..." James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories.

Three men wish to try out their luck in finding a hidden treasure in the unyielding Canadian Wilderness while a young Indian Princess is kidnapped for this purpose. Excerpt: "It was that hour when the old hunter on the trail takes off his pack, silently gathers wood for a fire, eats his dinner and smokes his pipe, eyes and ears alert;-that hour when if you speak above a whisper, he will say to you, "Sh-h-h-h! Be quiet! You can''t tell how near we are to game. Everything has had its morning feed and is lying low. The game won''t be moving again for an hour or two, and there may be moose or caribou a gunshot ahead. We couldn''t hear them-now!" James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid (per word) author in the world. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.