The Danger Trail

by James Oliver Curwood

Overview

This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's romantic novel "The Danger Trail" sees Chicago engineer Jack Howland sent to the edge of the Canadian barren lands to establish a train route through some of the most trecherous terrain in North America. Mysterious visitors, suspicious characters, and one particularly special girl meet Howland at every turn in this suspenseful tale of adventure, excitement, and romance. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year - allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. Curwood was an avid hunter in his youth; however, as he grew older, he became an advocate of environmentalism and was appointed to the 'Michigan Conservation Commission' in 1926. The change in his attitude toward wildlife can be best expressed by a quote he gave in The Grizzly King: that 'The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.' Despite this change in attitude, Curwood did not have an ultimately fruitful relationship with nature. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927. He was aged just forty-nine, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery (Owosso), in a family plot. Curwood's legacy lives on however, and his home of Curwood Castle is now a museum. During the first full weekend in June of each year, the city of Owosso holds the Curwood Festival to celebrate the city's heritage, and in addition, a mountain in L'Anse Township, Michigan was given the name Mount Curwood, and the L'Anse Township Park was renamed Curwood Park.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473372177
Publisher:	White Press
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	300 KB

About the Author

James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure author and conservationist who lived from June 12, 1878, until August 13, 1927. His stories frequently occurred in Yukon, Alaska, or the Hudson Bay region. In the early and middle 1920s, they frequently appeared in the top 10 best sellers in the US. Curwood was the most-paid author in the world (per word) at the time of his death. Curwood attended the University of Michigan after being born in Owosso, Michigan. He sold his first story in 1898 when he was a college student. He was employed by the Canadian government in 1907 to produce and publish travelogues. He spent several months each year in the Yukon, Alaska, and the Hudson Bay region in search of new inspiration. American novelist William Curwood wrote adventure novels set in the Great Northwest. Many of his stories had romance as a main or secondary story element and included animals as main characters (Kazan; Baree, Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King). His 1919 novel The River's End, which sold more than 100,000 copies, was one of his best-selling works. Throughout his career, a number of intellectual and popular journals published his short tales and other writing.

Table of Contents

I	The Girl of the Snows	1
II	Lips That Speak Not	14
III	The Mysterious Attack	28
IV	The Warning	39
V	Howland's Midnight Visitor	59
VI	The Love of a Man	88
VII	The Blowing of the Coyote	106
VIII	The Hour of Death	126
IX	The Tryst	140
X	A Race Into the North	151
XI	The House of the Red Death	170
XII	The Fight	192
XIII	The Pursuit	206
XIV	The Gleam of the Light	221
XV	In the Bedroom Chamber	243
XVI	Jean's Story	263
XVII	Meleese	287