James Oliver Curwood

• 1914
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1915 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In Curwood's tender novel "God's Country and the Woman", the Canadian wilderness hero, Ph...

• 1914
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According to Wikipedia: "Kazan is the eponymous name of a 1914 novel about a tame wolf-dog hybrid named Kazan. It was written by James Oliver Curwood as the prequel to Baree, Son of Kazan... James Oliver Curwood, (June 12, 1878 ñ August 13, 1927), w...

• 1917
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To Baree, for many days after he was born, the world was a vast gloomy cavern. During these first days of his life his home was in the heart of a great windfall where Gray Wolf, his blind mother, had found a safe nest for his babyhood, and to which K...

• 1918
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Adventure in the Canadian North Woods â€" the story of a train being snowbound in the frozen north, and of courageous men and women Boris Karloff performed in the 1919 movie version of this book....

• 1923
• / Action Adventure
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1923 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's novel "The Alaskan," is an Alaskan romantic adventure with interesting historical a...

• 1924
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's novel "The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness," is a love story set in the...

• 1924
• / General Fiction
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

• 1925
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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...

• 1926
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1926 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Black Hunter" is filled with adventure and romance, and is set in Quebec in the 1750's. ...

• 1928
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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 Eng...

• 1952
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In "The River's End", two men who physically resemble each other lead very different lives. C...

• 1952
• / Historical
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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 is still Iskwatam ...

• 1957
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. In Curwood's action-filled novel "The Flaming Forest", North-West police sergeant David Carri...

• 1958
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This early works is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishi...

• Apr-1998
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Here are the best of many thrilling stories written by James Oliver Curwood concerning the ships that once plied America's fresh-water oceans - and the dauntless men who sailed them. These tales of the Inland Seas are reliable word-pictures of vessel...

• Sep-2014
• / Historical
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Robert William Chambers (1865-1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his 1895 book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow. Cardigan is "an enthralling story of the bitter struggle in the colonies preceding the War of In...

• Jul-2015
• / Romantic Suspense
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Honor of Her People" is a short story which explores some complex relationships in this roma...

• Jul-2015
• / Police Procedural
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The short story "The Match," sees Sergeant Brokaw finally catch Billy Loring who he has been chas...

• Jul-2015
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The short story "Peter God," tells the tale of Philip Curtis and the mysterious Peter God. James ...

• Jul-2015
• / Mystery
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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Yellow-Back," is another of Curwood's short stories filled with suspense, mystery and a ...

• / General Fiction
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

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The Bear

He's an orphan at the start of a journey . . . a journey to survive.

Thor, a mighty grizzly, and Muskwa, a motherless bear cub, become companions in the Canadian wilderness, going from one adventure to another, picking berri...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's novel "The Courage of Captain Plum" is set in 1856 on an offshore island in Lake Mi...

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Peribonka is a quaint little French-Canadian village in Quebec. The children have come to believe that it was a miracle which sent the Crippled Lady through the doors of death and then brought her back again, that she might remain with them always. J...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's romantic novel "The Danger Trail" sees Chicago engineer Jack Howland sent to the ed...

• / General Fiction
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Here are the best of many thrilling stories written by James Oliver Curwood concerning the ships that once plied America's fresh-water oceans - and the dauntless men who sailed them. These tales of the Inland Seas are reliable word-pictures of vessel...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Flower of the North", finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him to Northern Canada...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Gold Hunters" is the second in the series that related the story of friendship and discovery...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Golden Snare" is an adventurous story filled with romance and a little justice. RNMP Philip ...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The classic novel "The Grizzly King" was later revived by the film "The Bear" in 1988 and...

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Out of the night came Jan and into the lives of all those at the company post on Lac Bain, in the Canadian Northland. Jan, almost starved and frozen, enters into the lives of John Cummins and Melisse, his daughter, playing his violin for food. He sta...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Hunted Woman" is an adventurous story of a woman in peril. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwoo...

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Immerse yourself in the romance of frontier living. The novel Isobel follows the rocky love affair between the title character and her soul mate, a Canadian Mountie who risks his life to rescue her when things go horribly awry. Packed with action, th...

• / Action Adventure
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ìNomads of the Northî is the best selling adventure novel of James Oliverís time. The story narrates the animal life in North woods and their adventures. The story revolves around the bear cub named ìNeewaî and the way the life comes to her. The...

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An engrossing tale that brilliantly portrays life on the sea. Curwood has picturesquely depicted vessels and various nautical experiences. The work is unique as the portrayal of ìInland Seasî has rarely been done in literature. It offers the last c...

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This book was the basis of the 1938 movie Call of the Yukon. 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 novel...

• / Thriller
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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, while on the hunt. Getting more than they bargained for, they discover a myst...

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This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1915 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Thomas Jefferson Brown" is a relatively short, tongue-in-cheek tale, where likeable Thomas is th...