The Wolf Hunters: A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness - Tapa blanda

If you like the works of Jack London (such as "Call of the Wild") you will like this book. Set in the unspoiled wilderness of Canada, Curwood's book is a story of adventure and danger, friendship and mutual trust. Written in the early 1900's it is suitable for preteens and teenagers. James Curwood's description of the struggle for life in the Canadian wilderness at the turn of the century is refreshing and well written. Survival, exploration, and discovery thread through the harsh but beautiful environment which the author describes. If you are looking for a great adventure, read "The Wolf Hunters."

James Oliver Curwood was an early 20th century writer who lived in Michigan, where he published several novels a year. Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts. His action/adventure stories are often set in Canada or northern United States. The Wolf Hunters begins: "Cold winter lay deep in the Canadian wilderness. Over it the moon was rising, like a red pulsating ball, lighting up the vast white silence of the night in a shimmering glow. Not a sound broke the stillness of the desolation. It was too late for the life of day, too early for the nocturnal roamings and voices of the creatures of the night. Like the basin of a great amphitheater the frozen lake lay revealed in the light of the moon and a billion stars. Beyond it rose the spruce forest, black and forbidding. Along its nearer edges stood hushed walls of tamarack, bowed in the smothering clutch of snow and ice, shut in by impenetrable gloom."