author
James Oliver Curwood
1878–1927
Adventure stories set in the far North made him one of America's bestselling writers of the 1910s and 1920s. He also became known for his strong interest in wildlife and conservation, bringing a sense of wilderness and danger to much of his fiction.
44 Audiobooks
My Story That I Like Best
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb, James Oliver Curwood, Edna Ferber, Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne, Meredith Nicholson, H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
Kazan
by James Oliver Curwood
Baree, son of Kazan
by James Oliver Curwood
Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
by James Oliver Curwood
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
by James Oliver Curwood
Kazan susikoira: Seikkailukirja suurilta saloseuduilta
by James Oliver Curwood
The Gold Hunters: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds
by James Oliver Curwood
The Honor of the Big Snows
by James Oliver Curwood
Baree, son of Kazan
by James Oliver Curwood
Erämaan tytär
by James Oliver Curwood
The wolf hunters : A tale of adventure in the wilderness
by James Oliver Curwood
The Hunted Woman
by James Oliver Curwood
The Alaskan
by James Oliver Curwood
Back to God's Country and Other Stories
by James Oliver Curwood
The Golden Snare
by James Oliver Curwood
Le grizzly
by James Oliver Curwood
God's Country—And the Woman
by James Oliver Curwood
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars
by James Oliver Curwood
Aarteen etsijät
by James Oliver Curwood
Kazan
by James Oliver Curwood
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
by James Oliver Curwood
The River's End
by James Oliver Curwood
A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness
by James Oliver Curwood
Sudenpyytäjät
by James Oliver Curwood
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
by James Oliver Curwood
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
by James Oliver Curwood
The Great Lakes The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes, Together with a Brief History of Our Inland Seas
by James Oliver Curwood
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
by James Oliver Curwood
The Laugh Maker
by James Oliver Curwood
De zoon van Kazan
by James Oliver Curwood
The Flaming Forest
by James Oliver Curwood
Op het onheilspad
by James Oliver Curwood
The grizzly king : a romance of the wild
by James Oliver Curwood
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
by James Oliver Curwood
God's Country: The Trail to Happiness
by James Oliver Curwood
The Danger Trail
by James Oliver Curwood
Jack Howlandin seikkailut
by James Oliver Curwood
Flower of the North: A Modern Romance
by James Oliver Curwood
Thomas Jefferson Brown
by James Oliver Curwood
The Courage of Captain Plum
by James Oliver Curwood
Bari, chien-loup
by James Oliver Curwood
Les chasseurs de loups
by James Oliver Curwood
Les cœurs les plus farouches
by James Oliver Curwood
La Vallée du Silence
by James Oliver Curwood
About the author
Born in Owosso, Michigan, in 1878, James Oliver Curwood worked as a journalist before building a hugely successful career as a novelist and screenwriter. He became especially famous for fast-moving outdoor adventures set in the Hudson Bay region, the Yukon, and Alaska.
Curwood's stories often mixed frontier action with a deep fascination for animals and wild landscapes. At his peak, his books were among the bestselling titles in the United States, and many were adapted for film, helping spread his name far beyond readers of adventure fiction.
He was also remembered as a conservationist, a side of his life that shaped both his public image and his writing. Curwood died in 1927, but his tales of the North and the outdoors continued to keep him in view as a major popular writer of his era.