James Oliver Curwood: 151 books

Amidst the frozen forests of Manitoba, Canada, life can be harsh and few escape wholly unscathed. Set in the late 1800s, The Honor of the Big Snows begins with a tragic death and the unexpected appearance of a troubled young man at a remote trading post. Over the course of the novel, the links between these seemingly unrelated events are gradually revealed.

When an up-and-coming engineer based in Chicago is given the opportunity to collaborate on a major construction project in northern Canada, he sees it as the chance of a lifetime. But even aside from the natural perils of the frosty, foreboding region, there is intrigue and drama looming in the shadowy...

When Shan Tung, the long-cued Chinaman from Vancouver, started up the Frazer River in the old days when the Telegraph Trail and the headwaters of the Peace were the Meccas of half the gold-hunting population of British Columbia, he did not foresee tragedy ahead of him. He was a clever man, was Shan...

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Pierre Gourdon had the love of God in his heart, a man's love for a man's God, and it seemed to him that in this golden sunset of a July afternoon the great Canadian wilderness all about him was whispering softly the truth of his faith and his creed. For Pierre was the son of a runner of the streams...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: When Shan Tung, the long-cued Chinaman from Vancouver, started up the Frazer River in the old days when the Telegraph Trail and the headwaters of the Peace were the Meccas of half the gold-hunting population...

* Book : The Valley of Silent Men * Biography * Bibliography Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure of the great white North. It...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Classic wilderness adventure story by the American novelist and conservationist. "Kazan lay mute and motionless, his gray nose between his forepaws, his eyes half closed. A rock could have appeared...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure...

* Book :  The Wolf Hunters * Biography * Bibliography A thrilling tale of adventure in the Canadian wilderness. Follow Roderick and his friends Wabi and Mukoki on their adventures in the pristine North. They fight voracious wolves, hostile natives, and the vicious elements of nature,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Thorpe and his hunting dog Kazan, one-quarter wolf and three-quarters husky, go to the Canadian wilderness where they meet McCready. The men appear to know each other and have an abusive relationship....

* Book : The Country Beyond * Biography * Bibliography A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

The follow-up to his popular 1914 novel Kazan, Baree, Son of Kazan follows the life of little Baree, the wolf/dog mix that is the son of the noble Kazan. Through a perilous chain of events, Baree becomes separated from the pack and is eventually rescued by a young girl and her father, a trapper. This gripping novel is a must-read for Jack London fans.

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