Deze auteur verwierf faam met zijn schrijfwerk, dat zich vaak richt op avontuurlijke verhalen en het leven in de wildernis. Zijn werken staan bekend om hun meeslepende stijl en hun vermogen om lezers te betrekken bij spannende verhalen. Montgomery's vertelkunst verkent vaak thema's als veerkracht, vindingrijkheid en de diepe verbinding tussen mens en natuur. Door zijn personages viert hij vaak de kracht van de menselijke geest en de vreugde van ontdekking.
Far back in the wildest of the mountain country hides Yellow Eyes, the great mountain lion. Beautiful and cruel, like all big cats, Yellow Eyes and his mate, are tawny shadows lurking in the forest. In Rutherford Montgomery's stories animals are animals, not beasts playing the parts of human beings.
Wildlife stories by Rutherford Montgomery have delighted generations of readers from eight to eighty. Many of his titles are regarded as classics and have received numerous awards. In The Living Wilderness, Montgomery details his personal acquaintanceship with wild animals in their native habitat, with detailed description of their manner of life, their habits and individual traits.
Through the pages of this book stalks the mightiest of the wilderness villains, a free-booter and a bully, a bandit who knows nothing of fear and who faces every animal and routs him, taking his kills and appropriating his hunting grounds. Kin to the weasel, Carcajou the wolverine has the weasel's terrible strength and cunning one hundred times multiplied. So little is known of him that he has scarcely found his way in his haunts in the Colorado Rockies. Here he tells the vivid story of his deeds, weaving into a thrilling tale what happens when Carcajou, the unconquerable, "tangles" with a strong young Indian trapper and his pet grizzly named Mister Jim.
Chronicles the battle of wits between a young man living in the Rocky Mountains of the West and Pekan the Shadow, a member of the weasel family.
This is a story of a dog wrongfully branded as a "Killer," but always having had the confidence and trust of his master, which trust eventually proved to be well founded. This book is a worthy successor to "White Fang". Albert Payson Terhune, the well known author and dog lover, says in the foreword to the book "An author who not only knows dogs but can make his readers see in the hero of the tale the lovable whimsical traits of their own dogs, has a ready and eager following. "Such a man most, emphatically is the author of 'Broken Fang'...I like 'Broken Fang' ...I like it much." All lovers of animals, both young and old, will enjoy reading this fascinating book.
A young bobcat struggles against hunters, a flash flood, an avalanche, and the laws of nature in his efforts to survive, find a mate, and provide for a family.
The TREDITION CLASSICS series aims to preserve and promote classical literature that has been largely unavailable for decades. By reviving these timeless works, the series supports the cultural legacy of literature from over two thousand years. Readers contribute to the mission of saving significant international classics from being forgotten, ensuring they remain accessible in printed format worldwide.
Příběh z kanadské divočiny na počátku tohoto století. Dva indiánští lovci kožešinové zvěře a jejich pomocník ochočený medvěd svádějí při lovu, na jehož pozadí jsou intriky bílých překupníků, urputný boj s rosomákem, který se nezalekne soupeře několikrát většího a silnějšího. Dobrodružnost a napínavost příběhu spočívá v důvěrné znalosti přírody, a zejména světa zvířat.
