Böcker av James Oliver Curwood

Drei Geschichten von James Oliver Curwood, erschienen in den Jahren 1912, 1915 und 1920Der Spassmacher (1912):Man kann zu viel lachen. Man kann zu fröhlich sein. Man kann zu sehr auf die Sonnenseite des Lebens blicken. Sie mögen dies nicht glauben, und genauso erging es Bobby McTabb; doch bei McTabb hat es sich bewahrheitet. Es bedurfte des Mädchens, um ihm zu helfen - Kitty Duchene war ihr Name - groß gewachsen und süß anzusehen, mit diesen klaren blauen Augen, dunkel, mit der Schönheit von Veilchen, die so gut zu ihrem Haar passen, das im Schatten braun und in der Sonne golden ist. Gemeinsam haben sie er herausgefunden - ganz plötzlich. Es ist ihre Geschichte, doch niemand wird sie glauben; aber es ist die Wahrheit.Thomas Jefferson Brown (1915):Ein sympathischer, gut gebauter Mann von guter Abstammung, mit einem großen Herzen und ein schwerer Fall von 'Wanderlust'. Mit seiner Fähigkeit, sieben Instrumente ohne Instrument zu spielen, die Herzen der Kinder im Handumdrehen zu erobern und die Arbeit von drei Männern zu erledigen, war er ein durch und durch sympathischer Kerl. Er blieb nur nicht gerne lange an einem Ort oder in einem Job, und er gab seine blaublütige Herkunft nie preis - nie, bis er Isobel traf. Irgendetwas an ihr brachte den Mann und Helden in ihm auf eine Art und Weise zum Vorschein, wie er es nie zuvor getan hatte, und als Untergang und Tod sein sicheres Los zu sein schien, griff das Schicksal ein und reichte ihm eine helfende Hand.Die Maus (1920):Ein Abenteuer in der Wildnis im hohen Norden Kanadas. Ein frecher Winzling wird zum Freund - und noch viel mehr.

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Excerpt: "Kazan lay mute and motionless, his gray nose between his forepaws, his eyes half closed. A rock could have appeared scarcely less lifeless than he; not a muscle twitched; not a hair moved; not an eyelid quivered. Yet every drop of the wild blood in his splendid body was racing in a ferment of excitement that Kazan had never before experienced; every nerve and fiber of his wonderful muscles was tense as steel wire..." James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories.

Three men wish to try out their luck in finding a hidden treasure in the unyielding Canadian Wilderness while a young Indian Princess is kidnapped for this purpose. Excerpt: "It was that hour when the old hunter on the trail takes off his pack, silently gathers wood for a fire, eats his dinner and smokes his pipe, eyes and ears alert;-that hour when if you speak above a whisper, he will say to you, "Sh-h-h-h! Be quiet! You can''t tell how near we are to game. Everything has had its morning feed and is lying low. The game won''t be moving again for an hour or two, and there may be moose or caribou a gunshot ahead. We couldn''t hear them-now!" James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. 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.

Jack Howland is an engineer from Chicago who is sent to build the rail route in the remote and unforgiving terrains of the Canadian wilderness. But Jack soon begins to suspect that something sinister is going on in this part of the world which forced a other engineers before him to abandon their jobs and run for their safety. But that is not all! There is a mysterious girl whom Jack meets at every turn... James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. 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.

"Captain Rifle, Grey and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and--at times--warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call..." (Excerpt) James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. 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.

Dans ce roman à la fois d'épopée et d'émotion, les lecteurs retrouveront ici les personnages des Chasseurs de Loups. C'est à la recherche d'une mine d'or, que Roderick Drew, Wabi et leur fidèle guide Mukoki sont repartis affronter le froid, la traitrise des Woongas et tous les dangers du Grand Nord…

Kazan, un quart loup et trois quarts chien de traineau, se rend des régions sauvages canadiennes avec son propriétaire Thorpe où ils rencontrent l'homme nommé McCready qui Kazan reconnaît comme quelqu'un qui l'a abusé par le passé. Lorsque McCready attaque Isobel, la femme de Thorpe, Kazan tue McCready et s'échappe craignant une punition sévère pour avoir tué un homme. Il rencontre plus tard un groupe de loups dont il devient le nouveau meneur…

All that an old road can suggest -a road blazed by explorers, worn by adventurers, home seekers, strolling lovers, a road beaten by fugitives and pursuers-is dramatized in this novel. The first who trudges the ancient highway to Quebec is Clifton Brant, exile of many years, returning to his ruined home. He is but one of a goodly company who troop into the tale-mighty men of valor and fair descendants of the old seigneurs. Modern love and gallantry are the book's theme, but the ghosts of a historic past haunt its pages. The Ancient Highway takes you down the world-old highway of Romance; while woodland beauty brings Nature near, in that communion which Curwood lovers find a healing and tonic force.

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