Author: Bret Lott
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 1400063744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Weaves together the stories of three generations of a single family--a teenage boy who leaves Texas for 1920s Hollywood, a young girl who dreams of a real family far from 1940s L.A., and a young man who seeks out his eccentric grandparents in 1980.
Ancient Highway
Author: Bret Lott
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 1400063744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Weaves together the stories of three generations of a single family--a teenage boy who leaves Texas for 1920s Hollywood, a young girl who dreams of a real family far from 1940s L.A., and a young man who seeks out his eccentric grandparents in 1980.
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 1400063744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Weaves together the stories of three generations of a single family--a teenage boy who leaves Texas for 1920s Hollywood, a young girl who dreams of a real family far from 1940s L.A., and a young man who seeks out his eccentric grandparents in 1980.
The Ancient Highway
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473372313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Ancient Highway" is a romantic story set in the Canadian wilderness, captured beautifully by Curwood. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year - allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition of Jack London. Like London, Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (Kazan, Baree; Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal and helped drive his appearance on several best-seller lists in the early 1920s. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of environmentalism and was appointed to the 'Michigan Conservation Commission' in 1926. The change in his attitude toward wildlife can be best expressed by a quote he gave in The Grizzly King: that 'The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.' Despite this change in attitude, Curwood did not have an ultimately fruitful relationship with nature. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473372313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Ancient Highway" is a romantic story set in the Canadian wilderness, captured beautifully by Curwood. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year - allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition of Jack London. Like London, Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (Kazan, Baree; Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal and helped drive his appearance on several best-seller lists in the early 1920s. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of environmentalism and was appointed to the 'Michigan Conservation Commission' in 1926. The change in his attitude toward wildlife can be best expressed by a quote he gave in The Grizzly King: that 'The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.' Despite this change in attitude, Curwood did not have an ultimately fruitful relationship with nature. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927.
The Revised Reports
Author: Frederick Pollock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
The Ancient Highway
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Adventure story about a Canadian veteran of World War I who goes to the Canadian wilderness.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Adventure story about a Canadian veteran of World War I who goes to the Canadian wilderness.
Connecticut Reports
Author: Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Jurist ..
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
A Complete System of Pleading
Author: John Wentworth
Publisher:
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Category : Pleading
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pleading
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Digest of Highway Cases, Together with All the Principal Statutes Relating to Highways, Bridges and Locomotives
Author: John Edward Robert Stephens
Publisher:
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
A Treatise on the Law of Highways
Author: Joseph Kinnicut Angell
Publisher:
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Category : Highway law
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway law
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description