TY - BOOK AU - Curwood,James Oliver AU - Gruyer,Paul AU - Postif,Louis TI - Les chasseurs de loups AV - PS PY - 2025/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Wolves -- Fiction KW - Indians of North America -- Canada -- Fiction KW - Canada -- Fiction KW - Wilderness survival -- Fiction KW - Hunters -- Fiction KW - Wolf hunting -- Fiction N1 - Release date is 2025-01-03; Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)); Originally published; Paris: Hachette, 1929 N2 - "Les chasseurs de loups" by James Oliver Curwood is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of the vast Canadian wilderness, it follows young hunters Wabi and Roderick, as they navigate both the thrilling and dangerous aspects of life in the Great White North while grappling with encounters with wolves and conflict with local Indigenous people. The opening of the story paints a vivid picture of a biting winter night in the Canadian wilderness, where an elk is fatally wounded and pursued by a pack of wolves. As the hush of the snow-covered landscape is broken by desperate animal cries, two young hunters, Wabi (of Indigenous descent) and Roderick (a white boy), find themselves in a life-threatening situation after being attacked by rogue Native Americans. Roderick, injured and exhausted, is carried by Wabi to safety where they strategize their next moves, evoking a sense of camaraderie and the need for survival against both the natural wildlife and human threats. The narrative sets the stage for their daring ventures into the wild and the complex relationships between cultural identities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9741158g UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75025 ER -