Kalak of the Ice
This book is a member of the special collection Special Collection: The Works of Jim Kjelgaard (1910-1959)
Book Details
| Title: | Kalak of the Ice | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1949 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Holiday House | ||||||||||
| Tags: | adventure, fiction | ||||||||||
| Description: | —A story of the snowbound Arctic and of the surprising number of birds and animals that live in its inhospitable wastes. —Kalak was a polar bear whose ferocity and cunning had convinced the Eskimos that she was bewitched. But actually, Kalak, like the Eskimos themselves, was just struggling to find food for herself and her cubs, and to outwit the enemies that lay in wait for her everywhere. In this ruthless land where all species, from the tiny lemmings to the bears and whales and Eskimos, prey on each other just to stay alive, wits are almost as important as strength-a fact which adds greatly to the suspense of "Kalak of the Ice." [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 109 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 66  |
Author Bio for Kjelgaard, Jim (James Arthur)
James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910-July 12, 1959) was an American author of young adult literature.
Born in New York City, New York, Jim Kjelgaard is the author of more than forty novels, the most famous of which is 1945's Big Red. It sold 225,000 copies by 1956 and was made into a 1962 Walt Disney film with the same title, Big Red. His books were primarily about dogs and wild animals, often with animal protagonists and told from the animal's point of view. Kjelgaard also wrote short fiction for several magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy and Adventure.
Jim Kjelgaard committed suicide in Phoenix, Arizona in 1959, after suffering for several years from chronic pain and depression.--Wikipedia.
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