The Gold Hunters - Softcover

Curwood, James Oliver

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ISBN 10: 1473325684 ISBN 13: 9781473325685

Publisher: White Press, 2015

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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 between Roderick Drew, Wabigoon and Mukoki in North America. Curwood cleverly allows the reader to view the wilderness through the eyes of both the hunter and the hunted. 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. 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.

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About The Author American author James Oliver Curwood (1878 –1927) wrote action-adventure novels and his bestsellers were among the most read books in America in the 1900s. More than a dozen Hollywood films have been based on his frontier novels including “The Bear.” Curwood was both a writer and conservationist. His books ranked among Publisher's Weekly top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s. 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. James Oliver Curwood’s books include: 1. The Courage of Captain Plum -1908 2. The Wolf Hunters – 1908 3. The Gold Hunters – 1909 4. The Danger Trail – 1910 5. The Honor of the Big Snows –1911 6. Steele of the Royal Mounted –1911 7. The Flower of the North –1912 8. Isobel: A Romance of the Northern Trail or Icebound Hearts –1913 9. God's Country and the Woman –1915 10. The Hunted Woman –1916 11. The Grizzly King –1916 12. The Courage of Marge O'Doone –1918 13. Nomads of the North – 1919 14. The River's End – 1919 15. Back to God's Country and Other Stories –1920 16. The Valley of Silent Men – 1920 17. God's Country – The Trail to Happiness –1921 18. The Golden Snare –1921 19. The Flaming Forest –1921 20. The Country Beyond – 1922

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