God's Country and the Woman [Paperback]

James Oliver Curwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

In one of the tenderest love stories which James Oliver Curwood, the great writer of the far North, has ever penned, the Canadian wilderness hero, Phillip Weyman, agrees to help Josephine Adare, her family, and friends against the wiles and lechery of an outlaw gang, while the Russett and Barton Lumber Companies clash.

The book was made into a Vitagraph movie, starring Neill Shipman and William Duncan in 1915, and in 1936 it was a Warner Brother picture starring George Brent and Beverly Roberts, directed by William Keighley (early versions of this movie used the title The Avenging Stranger)..

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

James Oliver Curwood lived most of his life in Owosso, Michigan, where he was born on June 12, 1878. His first novel was The Courage of Captain Plum (1908) and he published one or two novels each year thereafter, until his death on August 13, 1927. Owosso residents honor his name to this day, and Curwood Castle (built in 1922) is the town's main tourist attraction. During the 1920s Curwood became one of America's best selling and most highly paid authors. This was the decade of his lasting classics The Valley of Silent Men (1920) and The Flaming Forest (1921). He and his wife Ethel were outdoors fanatics and active conservationists

From AudioFile

In the Canadian wilderness hero, Phillip Weyman, agrees to help Josephine Adare, her family, and friends against the wiles and lechery of an outlaw gang. The archaic moral code and flowery description of emotions in this 1915 novel are familiar to all those who read Victorian fiction. The reading is often exciting; however, the narrator's voice is not as successful with men's voices as she is with women's. (A female reader is a strange choice for this story.) Although one hears occasional page turning, it does not detract from the reading. James Curwood is similar to Zane Grey and thus a good choice for libraries with Western novel readers. E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589635264
• ISBN-13: 978-1589635265
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,147,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)