James Oliver Curwood

Broschiertes Buch

The Golden Snare

Beschreibung

When Phillip Raine of the Northwest Mounted Police finds the golden snare he embarks on a dangerous journey to discover its origins. From dog sled, to snow shoes, across barrens and through blizzards, he risks his life to track down Bram Johnson and learn the fate of the owner of the golden snare. Best Selling author, James Oliver Curwood, once again spins a tale of high adventure in the Canadian wilderness. Having lived these stories himself, Curwood authentically writes of the wild ruggedness of the land and the people in his timeless stories and characters. Over twenty of James Oliver Curwood¿s books were made into movies during the 20th Century. This book includes the original photos from the movie of the same name, starring Wallace Beery and Ruth Renick.

Autor

James Oliver Curwood was an American author of action-adventure books and an environmentalist. He was born on June 12, 1878, and died on August 13, 1927. Publishers Weekly says that in the early and mid-1920s, his books were among the ten best-selling in the United States. Many of them were about experiences that took place in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon, or Alaska. One movie was made in three different versions from 1919 to 1953, and at least 180 movies have been based on or directly influenced by his books and short stories. He was the best-paid author in the world (per word) at the time of his death. Curwood was born in Owosso, Michigan. He was the fourth child and youngest of five. Curwood went to neighborhood schools and dropped out of high school before graduating. He did well on the test to get into the University of Michigan and was able to start studying writing in the English department. I quit college after two years to become a writer, and I moved to Detroit to do that. He sold his first story while he was at the University of Michigan in 1898. In 1907, the Canadian government hired him to go to the farthest northern parts of the country and write and print accounts of his travels to promote tourism. It was these trips that gave him ideas for his wilderness adventure stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ARose Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 221g
• ISBN-13: 9780972397056
• ISBN-10: 0972397051
• Artikelnr.: 21591347