James Oliver Curwood

Born: 06/12/1878   Owosso , MI
Died: 08/13/1927
Parents: James Moran and Abigail Curwood
Spouse: Cora Leon Johnson (1900-1908); Ethel Greenwood (1909-1927)
Children: Viola, Carolotta, James Oliver, Jr.
Address(es):
Interred:
Oak Hill Cemetery
Owosso , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Green Timber
- Unfinished at the time of his death, completed by Dorothea A. Bryant.
Fiction Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and company, inc. 1930
Son of the forests, an autobiography by James Oliver Curwood, as completed by Dorothea A. Bryant. Biography Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. 1930
Crippled lady of Peribonka Fiction Adult New York : Grosset & Dunlap Publishers 1929
The Glory of Living
- Autobiography
Biography Adult Hodder & Stoughton 1928
The Plains of Abraham Historical Fiction Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran & company 1928
The Black Hunter : a novel of old Quebec Historical Fiction Adult Toronto : Copp Clark 1927
Swift Lightning; a story of wild-life adventure in the frozen North Fiction , Adventure Adult New York, McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie 1926
A gentleman of courage; a novel of the wilderness Historical Fiction , Michigan Adult New YOrk, Cosmopolitan Book Corp. 1924
The Alaskan Fiction , Adventure Adult New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1923 -1926
Nomads of the North; a Story of Romance and Adventure Under the Open Stars Fiction , Adventure Adult New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1922
The Country Beyond; a Romance of the Wilderness Fiction , Adventure , Western Adult New York, McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie 1922
The flaming forest; a novel of the Canadian northwest
- Filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Fiction , Adventure Adult New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corp 1921
A north-country omnibus : containing three complete novels / by James Oliver Curwood Fiction , Adventure Adult New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1921
Back to God's Country Fiction , Short Stories Adult New York, McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie 1920
The Valley of Silent Men: a Story of the Three River Country Fiction Adult New York : Grosset & Dunlap 1920
The River's End; a New Story of God's Country Fiction , Adventure Adult New York : Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1919
The courage of Marge O'Doone Fiction , Michigan Adult New York : Published by Doubleday, Page for P.F. Collier 1918
Baree, Son of Kazan Fiction , Adventure Children New York : Doubleday, Page for P.F. Collier & Son 1917
The Grizzly King, a Romance of the Wild
- Filmed as "The Bear", 1992.
Fiction , Adventure Adult New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1916
The Hunted Woman Fiction Adult New York : Published by Doubleday, Page for P. F. Collier 1916
God's Country Fiction , Adventure Adult New York: Doubleday, Page 1915
Kazan Fiction , Adventure Children New York, Grosset & Dunlap 1914
The Beloved Murderer
- First appeared in Munsey’s: January 1913, pp. 562-66
Fiction , Adventure Adult Winthrop Press 1914
Isobel, a Romance of the Northern Trail Fiction Adult New York : Harper & Brothers 1913
Flower of the North Fiction , Michigan Adult New York : Harper Brothers 1912
Philip Steel of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
- Also published with the alternate title: Steele of the Royal Mounted.
Fiction , Adventure Adult Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1911
The Honor of the Big Snows Fiction Adult Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill 1911
The Danger Trail Fiction , Adventure Adult Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company 1910
The gold hunters : a story of life and adventure in the Hudson Bay wilds Fiction , Adventure Adult Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company 1909
The Great Lakes : the vessels that plough them, their owners, their sailors, and their cargoes : together with a brief history of our inland seas Non Fiction Adult New York : Putnam 1909
Courage of Captain Plum Fiction , Adventure Adult Indianapolis The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1908
The Wolf Hunters Fiction , Adventure Adult Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company 1908
- Novels appeared in many editions, in several foreign languages. Many novels are still in print. Check MeLCat links. Many are also in the public domain, and can be found on gutenberg.org .

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Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1971

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Freelance writer
- Explored Hudson Bay
Canadian Government 1927
Founder First conservation movement in Michigan MI 1927
Reporter and Editor Detroit News-Tribune
Chairman Game, Fish & Wildlife Committee of the Conservation Department State of Michigan
Head Izaak Walton League

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