7 best short stories by James Oliver Curwood

7 best short stories by James Oliver Curwood PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3969440807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to James Oliver "Jim" Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid author in the world.Works selected for this book:Back to God's Country; The Yellow-Back; The Fiddling Man; L'ange; The Case of Beauvais; The Other Man's Wife; The Strength of Men. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

7 best short stories by James Oliver Curwood

7 best short stories by James Oliver Curwood PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 3969440807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Book Description
Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to James Oliver "Jim" Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid author in the world.Works selected for this book:Back to God's Country; The Yellow-Back; The Fiddling Man; L'ange; The Case of Beauvais; The Other Man's Wife; The Strength of Men. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

The River's End

The River's End PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Back to God's Country and Other Stories

Back to God's Country and Other Stories PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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After her father is killed by an outlaw, Dolores marries Peter. While at sea in the Arctic, Dolores meets the ship's captain -- the man who killed her father! The captain causes an 'accident' to happen to Peter, so Dolores is all alone and defenseless as they drop anchor in a remote harbor.

The Alaskan

The Alaskan PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775453219
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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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.

Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 159540662X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was late in the month of March, at the dying-out of the Eagle Moon, that Neewa the black bear cub got his first real look at the world. Noozak, his mother, was an old bear, and like an old person she was filled with rheumatics and the desire to sleep late. So instead of taking a short and ordinary nap of three months this particular winter of little Neewa's birth she slept four, which, made Neewa, who was born while ms mother was sound asleep, a little over two months old instead of six weeks when they came out of den. In choosing this den Noozak had gone to a cavern at the crest of a high, barren ridge, and from this point Neewa first looked down into the valley. For a time, coming out of darkness into sunlight, he was blinded. He could hear and smell and feel many things before he could see. And Noozak, as though puzzled at finding warmth and sunshine in place of cold and darkness, stood for many minutes sniffing the wind and looking down upon her domain.

Best Short Stories

Best Short Stories PDF Author: Edward Joseph O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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“The” World's One Hundred Best Short Stories ...: Men

“The” World's One Hundred Best Short Stories ...: Men PDF Author: Grant Martin Overton
Publisher:
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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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The Plains of Abraham

The Plains of Abraham PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473372321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The Plains of Abraham," Daniel "James" Bulain, son of a French habitant and of an English schoolmaster's daughter, sees his world turned upside-down as his family and the people of the neighbouring seigneurie are massacred by a war party of Mohawks. 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. He was aged just forty-nine, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery (Owosso), in a family plot. Curwood's legacy lives on however, and his home of Curwood Castle is now a museum.

The Best Short Stories of 1919

The Best Short Stories of 1919 PDF Author: Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien
Publisher:
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Category : Short stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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The Wolf Hunters

The Wolf Hunters PDF Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726611309
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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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.