The Wolf Hunters - Curwood, James Oliver

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Résumé :
The Wolf Hunters-A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness by James Oliver Curwood is a thrilling tale of adventure in the Canadian wilderness and a classic nature adventure novel set in the Arctic. The Wolf Hunters is the prequel to The Gold Hunters. The main character of The Wolf Hunters is a young American boy who has become a friend of a young Native American. He goes to Canada to hunt and trap with a friend in the hopes of making money to support his mother. While there, the two boys come into a mysterious cabin and learn a truth that has been kept hidden for fifty years. A tale of danger and adventure, of friendship and trust. Later, they spend a lengthy period of time in a remote cabin during a severe winter, constantly on the lookout for a hostile, nearby tribe. In this book, which James Curwood wrote, he portrays the struggle for survival in the Canadian wilderness at the turn of the century. The author weaves themes of exploration, discovery, and survival throughout the harsh but stunning setting he describes.

Biographie:
James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure author and conservationist who lived from June 12, 1878, until August 13, 1927. His stories frequently occurred in Yukon, Alaska, or the Hudson Bay region. In the early and middle 1920s, they frequently appeared in the top 10 best sellers in the US. Curwood was the most-paid author in the world (per word) at the time of his death. Curwood attended the University of Michigan after being born in Owosso, Michigan. He sold his first story in 1898 when he was a college student. He was employed by the Canadian government in 1907 to produce and publish travelogues. He spent several months each year in the Yukon, Alaska, and the Hudson Bay region in search of new inspiration. American novelist William Curwood wrote adventure novels set in the Great Northwest. Many of his stories had romance as a main or secondary story element and included animals as main characters (Kazan; Baree, Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King). His 1919 novel The River's End, which sold more than 100,000 copies, was one of his best-selling works. Throughout his career, a number of intellectual and popular journals published his short tales and other writing.