लेखक: Jim Kjelgaard

The story of Joe Tower and why he and his family decided to venture West along the Oregon Trail. Describes the trials and tribulations he and his family faced in doing so. …

Als Falk, der Speermacher und die junge Frau Weide von ihrem Stamm verstoßen werden, müssen sie allein in einer Welt, in der Säbelzahntiger, Wölfe und Mammuts Quell ständiger Gefahr sind, um ihr Über …

Als Falk, der Speermacher und die junge Frau Weide von ihrem Stamm verstoßen werden, müssen sie allein in einer Welt, in der Säbelzahntiger, Wölfe und Mammuts Quell ständiger Gefahr sind, um ihr Über …

Tom Rainse had been away from his native mountains for five years. But he was home only a day when he acquired a dog that was half bloodhound, and a horse that was half broken. He also found himself …

A tale about the special abilities of an Aborigine hunter! Driven by famine and drought, and armed only with a boomerang and a few hand-made spears, Balulu, an Australian Aborigine boy, and his tame, …

This is a gripping tale of the fastest dog of them all. Tawny gave promise of being a great racing greyhound but, instead, he found his freedom in the heat and danger of the desert. His speed and cou …

Cracker Barrel Troubleshooter is about Bill Rawls, a college student whose guardian – his uncle – dies after having frittered away Bill’s fortune. All that’s left is a country store in a …

Compelling story of wild life, with black and white illustrations. …

Set in the days of saber-tooth tigers and wooly mammoths, Hawk, the chief spear-maker of his tribe is abandoned by his people and courageously meets the savage wilderness with new ideas and weapons. …

Woods runners, rivermen, long hunters, scouts, fur traders and others who dressed in buckskin made the paths that opened the Americas through successive barriers of forest, prairie and mountain. Thre …

A big, smart, and slaughterous mountain lion is a challenge for two experienced lion hunters, a boy much interested in hunting and dogs, and a pack of hounds including an experienced leader and an ex …

The fascinating story of a polar bear and her search for her two cubs, this is also a story of the snowbound Arctic and of the surprising number of birds and animals that live in its inhospitable was …

This is the story of a red fox, of a boy and a dog who hunted him, and of the wilderness where it happened. Because of the odd-shaped white patch on his chest that gave him his name, and the freak si …

Kjelgaard's subject is the little-known Camel Corps that did so much to open up our great Southwest. In particular, it is the thrilling tale of Hadji Ali (Americanized into Hi Jolly), the fugitiv …

Some day, John Belden told himself, he would be a forest ranger. His chance came unexpectedly as a one-year substitute in the Alleghany back country. It is the story of a nineteen-year-old boy’ …

Kin's father was a gunsmith in the Carolina Blue Ridge, and Kin knew more about hunters and Indians than he did about the war with England. But British and Tory raiders taught Kin and his father …

How could more than a thousand elk disappear on a migration from summer to winter feeding grounds? Did they got lost and starve, were they killed by natural law or human enemies, or did they just fin …

Soon after Bud Sloan had been sent to live at Bennett's Farm, he came upon a black fawn in the nearby woods, and from that moment the metamorphosis began that turned a frightened city-bred orphan …

Jim Kjelgaard wrote here another spell-binder. This time in a swampland mystery he communicates his empathy for small creatures in the story of little Frosty – a kitten as compelling as the animals i …

He was Sean, a champion, the biggest, handsomest son of Big Red, the famous Irish setter. Bursting with hunting instincts, he fretted under his pampered kennel life, and longed for the wilds. Then su …

Born in Arizona about 1829, Geronimo became the youngest Mimbre Apache warrior. He battles the U.S. Army, is captured and taken to San Carlos Reservation in Arizona in 1880. He escapes and starts a r …

A thrilling fishing story set on Lake Superior. …

Jim Kjelgaard had long wanted to tell the story of the gallant dogs who went out with the monks of St. Bernard Hospice to rescue travelers lost in the deep snows of the Swiss mountain passes. Unable …

Really three plots in one: the story of a raccoon, a superstitious tale of a "duck-footed" hound, and the story of 13-year-old Harky, his father, and the girl Melinda. The best of the book …

A fascinating readable history about the reasons why the Mormons migrated to the West and how they settled Utah. …

Nature has been called "The effect whose cause is God." IN the world of man, Ulysses stumbled and bumbled constantly, but in the world of the forest where he surprisingly became winter care …

Actually three books in one, this book contains three unrelated stories. The first is about a dog's encounters with a wild dog who has killed the dog's owner. The second is about a wild stall …

Pepe, a young Mexican goat-herder, courageously fights the superstitions of his uncle as well as a killer jaguar in this story about a Mexican boy who must try to kill a tiger to save his family. His …

How big was this New World? Was it just a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? In 1670 no one knew the answers to these questions. Perhaps the settlers on the east coast were …

Young Jeff takes to the open road as an itinerant peddler in Pennsylvania in a series of adventures with his dog… …

This is the story of the trapper, Link Stevens, and his fearless snow dog, Chiri. It began when the trapper and his dog set out to rescue a naturalist stranded in the perilous Caribou mountains – the …

Young Jase Mason's ambition was to be a wildlife photographer. To find out whether or not he had real ability, he spent a summer in the wilderness with his dog and his cameras. His dog is an Aire …

The Western Writers of America awarded the Golden Spur Award to Jim Kjelgaard for this "Best Juvenile Novel", a novel for young readers about an Apache boy. Will appeal to adult readers as …

Young game warden Tom Rainse had two prized possessions; a pinto pony, and Smoky, the dog with a bloodhound's "nose for trouble." When the pinto was stolen, Tom put Smoky on the trail, …

The fascinating story of a polar bear and her search for her two cubs, this is also a story of the snowbound Arctic and of the surprising number of birds and animals that live in its inhospitable was …

The Spell of the White Sturgeon, first published in 1953, is a classic coming-of-age tale of a young man, Ramsay Cartou, making his way north from Chicago to find work in Wisconsin. However, during h …

Pepe, the young Mexican goatherd, has many battles to fight—against the ominous superstitions of Uncle Ruiz; in defense of his American friend, Sam; and hardest of all, against the killer tigre or ja …

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This is the thrilling true tale of Hadji Ali (Americanized into Hi Jolly), a fugitive young Syrian camel driver who sought refuge in America with his loyal companion, Ben Akbar, the magnificent ridin …

Forest Patrol was Jim Kjelgaard’s first book, a thrilling adventure tale based on his own and his brother’s experiences as a forest ranger. Full of outdoor action and adventure, here is a great tstor …

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As they entered the clearing, Smoky growled softly and looked toward the cabin. Paying no attention, Tom walked up on the porch. He stopped in his tracks. Somebody had been here since he left. Smoky’ …

Balulu, the desert hunter of Australia, never wore clothing, never saw a building and never saw any human being except his own tribesmen. Life was a constant search for food and water, with the help …

The struggle of two coyotes to survive in the desert is paralleled by Papago Joe’s efforts to earn his own way and to outwit the guard of a nearby prison camp, who believes the young Native American …