The Kalashnikoff, Nicholas 1888-1961 creator Louden, Claire Louden, George 1920-1997 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Defender" by Nicholas Kalashnikoff is a children's novel published in 1951. Deep in the Siberian mountains, an ostracized shepherd named Turgen befriends a herd of wild rams, causing villagers to brand him a sorcerer. When hunting season arrives and hunters threaten the rams' lives, Turgen must choose between his safety and protecting the animals he has grown to love. A widowed mother and her children become his unlikely allies in this tale of compassion and courage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defender_(Kalashnikoff_novel) Release date is 2025-10-14 Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Originally published: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 Shepherds -- Juvenile fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Rams -- Juvenile fiction Endangered species -- Juvenile fiction Even (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction Yakut (Turkic people) -- Juvenile fiction Siberia (Russia) -- Juvenile fiction PZ New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 51012840 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4098792 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77051 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4098792 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77051 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134802.0 77051