Le fils des forêts

Par James Oliver Curwood

Bien que terminée après la mort de J.-O. Curwood, l’histoire de sa vie, présentée ici, est en majeure partie l’œuvre du romancier.
James Oliver Curwood, dit Jim Curwood, né le 12 juin 1878 à Owosso, au Michigan (États-Unis), et mort dans la même ville le 13 août 1927, est un romancier américain. Avec Jack London, il est l’un des maîtres des récits du Grand Nord. On lui doit aussi des récits animaliers : Kazan (The Wolf Dog, 1914), Nomades du Nord (Nomads of the North, 1919), ou le célèbre Le Grizzly (Grizzly King, 1916) adapté au cinéma en 1988 par le réalisateur français Jean-Jacques Annaud sous le titre L’Ours, et dont le grand succès a suscité un regain d’intérêt pour l’auteur.

• Langue: Français
• Éditeur: SIN Libris Digital
• Date de sortie: 31 mars 2019
• ISBN: 9788832559569

James Oliver Curwood

James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American writer and conservationist popular in the action-adventure genre. Curwood began his career as a journalist, and was hired by the Canadian government to travel around Northern Canada and publish travel journals in order to encourage tourism. This served as a catalyst for his works of fiction, which were often set in Alaska or the Hudson Bay area in Canada. Curwood was among the top ten best-selling authors in the United States during the early and mid 1920s. Over one-hundred and eighty films have been inspired by or based on his work. With these deals paired with his record book sales, Curwood earned an impressive amount of wealth from his work. As he grew older, Curwood became an advocate for conservationism and environmentalism, giving up his hunting hobby and serving on conservation committees. Between his activism and his literary work, Curwood helped shape the popular perception of the natural world.