James Oliver Curwood
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The follow-up to his popular 1914 novel Kazan, Baree, Son of Kazan follows the life of little Baree, the wolf/dog mix that is the son of the noble Kazan. Through a perilous chain of events, Baree becomes separated from the pack and is eventually rescued by a young girl and her father, a trapper. This gripping novel is a must-read for Jack London fans.
2) Kazan
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Part wolf, part Husky, he was born to the wilderness and carried his burden among men stoically. He had known starvation, bitter cold, overwork and suffering at the cruel hand of man. He was a giant among his kind and as fearless as the men who drove him mercilessly through the perils of a frozen world. And now, through the uncertain hand of fate, he is free...he is called Kazan, the Wild Dog. But his journey has just begun and survival against the...
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For three years the grim chase had continued. Hanging like a wolf to the trail of "Jolly" Roger McKay, Corporal Cassidy of the Royal Northwest Mounted had put more than a thousand miles of frozen nothingness behind him. But always the man he hunted, the outlaw who was wanted for murder, escaped him. It was a bitter chase, a sporting game in deadly earnest, until Nada, the woman from "a little corner of Hell," entered McKay's life. He decided to return...
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The starved wolf-pack was hot on his trail. It was the biggest pack that Wabi had ever seen. He calculated there were at least fifty animals in it, possibly even more. Nearer and nearer they came, until the first were scarcely two hundred feet away. Close enough for Wabi to see this was a hungry, determined pack. Then, with a shout, the Indian leaped and dashed fearlessly toward them. This unexpected move stopped the foremost wolves and Wabi fired...
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Between Conniston, of His Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Keith, the outlaw, there was a striking physical and facial resemblance. Both had observed it, of course. It gave them a sort of confidence in each other. Between them it hovered in a subtle and unanalyzed presence that was constantly suggesting to Conniston a line of action that would have made him a traitor to his oath of duty. For nearly a month he had crushed down the whispered...
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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 - the "door" which opens to the lower reaches of the Athabasca, the Slave, and the Mackenzie. It is somewhat difficult to find on the map, yet it is there, because its history is written in more than a...
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After the death of his mother, Neewa the black bear cub, is captured by Challoner, the woodsman. Neewa soon learns that the woodsman and his Husky pup, Miki, are his friends. The bear and the dog become inseparable playmates. But their fun and games become of secondary importance when Challoner's canoe overturns in river rapids causing the two to become separated from Challoner and finally responsible for their own survival in the wilderness. Instinct...
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Here is a wonderful adventure about a giant grizzly and an orphaned cub. The story unfolds in the Canadian Rockies back near the turn of the century. Wounded and chased persistently by hunters, the giant grizzly continually eludes them. The hunters show new respect for their quarry when their lives fall into jeopardy as the grizzly turns the tables and they become the hunted. In the subsequent chase, both cub and hunters are taught the unyielding...
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This is the sequel to THE WOLF HUNTERS as Rod, Wabi and Mukoki return for more adventures. In their possession is the secret of a great fortune. Romance, adventure and discovery awaits them as they start on that most thrilling of all trails, the trail of gold. The big silent North, mysterious in its age-old desolation, was just ahead of them. They were about to bury themselves in its secrets, to wrest from it the yellow treasure it guarded. They tingled...
10) The Alaskan
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Here is a story of Alaska, circa 1920. Mary Standish, a hauntingly-beautiful, mysterious young woman and Alan Holt, a native of the Tundra, meet aboard the NOME as it steams for Alaska via the Inside Passage. Mary was running from someone or something, back in Seattle where she came aboard. She reveals a part of her secret to Alan and then commits a stunning act that haunts Alan even as he returns to the Tundra. This act bears tremendous consequences...
11) The bear
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Set in the majestic mountains of British Columbia in 1885, centers on a precocious bear cub and an old grizzled Grizzly as they struggle to endure the harsh wilderness and survive their deadliest foe--man. An unrelenting battle of strength, wits, and ultimately, character is at hand, and there is no predicting the outcome when two of nature's greatest killers face off.