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James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early and mid 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly .
James Oliver Curwood has 872 books on Goodreads with 16867 ratings. James Oliver Curwood’s most popular book is Kazan (Kazan and Baree #1).
James Oliver Curwood, journalist, adven- turer, conservationist, and popular fiction writer of the out-of-doors. Curwood was described by his biographer H.D. Swiggett as the man who knew the beautiful Canadian Northwest better than any other.
James Oliver Curwood. 4.10 avg rating — 2,078 ratings. Quotes by James Oliver Curwood (?) “The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.” ― James Oliver Curwood, The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild. tags: killing , kindness , murder , peace , pity , war. 65 likes. Like. “To steal book seems like stealing the soul out of someone.”
Complete order of James Oliver Curwood books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
It was in the living quarters in the back room of cobbler shop in Owosso, Michigan that James and Abigail Curwood gave birth to a boy on June 12th, 1878, whom they named James Oliver Curwood. The cobbler shop sat on the corner of Main and Lansing Street in what is now called West Town.
One of Owosso’s most famous residents was James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), a prolific writer, filmmaker, and conservationist. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, was built in 1922 and overlooks the Shiawassee River. This historic building is in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
