Jim Kjelgaard
| Jim Kjelgaard | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 6, 1910 New York, New York, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation | author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1938 to 1959 |
| Genre | juvenile fiction (novels), children's literature, young adult literature |
| Subject | animals, outdoors |
| Notable works | Big Red |
James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910 – July 12, 1959)[1] 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 [2] 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. [3]
Jim Kjelgaard committed suicide in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959, after suffering for several years from chronic pain and depression.[4]
List of works
- Forest Patrol (1941)
- Rebel Siege (1943)
- Big Red (1945)
- The Fangs of Tsan-Lo (1945)
- Buckskin Brigade (1947)
- Snow Dog (1948)
- Kalak of the Ice (1949)
- A Nose for Trouble (1949)
- Wild Trek (1950)
- Chip the Dam Builder (1950)
- Irish Red, Son of Big Red (1951)
- Fire-hunter (1951)
- The Explorations of Pere Marquette (1951)
- Trailing Trouble (1952)
- Outlaw Red, Son of Big Red (1953)
- The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953)
- The Coming of the Mormons (1953)
- Haunt Fox (1954)
- Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter (1954)
- Lion Hound (1955)
- The Lost Wagon (1955)
- Desert Dog (1956)
- Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956)
- Wildlife Cameraman (1957)
- Cochise, Chief of Warriors (1957)
- Double Challenge (1957)
- We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run (1957)
- Wolf Brother (1957)
- Swamp Cat (1957)
- Rescue Dog of the High Pass (1958)
- The Land is Bright (1958)
- The Black Fawn (1958)
- The Story of Geronimo (1958)
- Hi Jolly (1959)
- Stormy (1959)
- Ulysses & his Woodland Zoo (1960)
- Boomerang Hunter (1960)
- The Duck-footed Hound (1960)
- Tigre (1961)
- Hidden Trail (1962)
- Fawn in the Forest & other Wild Animal Stories (1962)
- Two Dogs & a Horse (1964)
- Furious Moose of the Wilderness (1965)
- Dave and his Dog, Mulligan (1966)
- Coyote Song (1969)
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., as reproduced on Kjelgaard tribute site. Note that some sources give December 10 as birth date, e.g. this biographical sketch.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ FictionMags Index Entry for Jim Kjelgaard
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. reprinted on Gary Charter's Kjelgaard tribute site
External links
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Wikisource has original works written by or about: James Arthur Kjelgaard |
- Website on Jim Kjelgaard owned and operated by Gary Charter.
- HS Treasures bio of Kjelgaard
- Works by Jim Kjelgaard at Project Gutenberg
- ebooks by Jim Kjelgaard at Fadedpage Canada
- Works by or about Jim Kjelgaard at Internet Archive
- Works by Jim Kjelgaard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Jim Kjelgaard at findagrave.com
- Jim Kjelgaard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 56 catalog records
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