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050 4 _aPZ
100 1 _aKjelgaard, Jim,
_d1910-1959
245 1 0 _aDouble Challenge
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-12-20
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net
520 _a"Double Challenge" by Jim Kjelgaard is a novel written in the late 1950s. The book introduces readers to Ted Harkness, a young man passionate about the outdoors, whose aspirations revolve around hunting and potentially running a resort in the wilderness of Mahela. The story unfolds against the backdrop of Ted's struggles with his father's ideals and the looming threats from other inhabitants of their woodsy community, setting the stage for a compelling exploration of values, ambition, and the conflicts between personal integrity and societal pressures. At the start of the narrative, Ted Harkness, along with his loyal collie Tammie, embarks on an adventurous climb up Hawkbill Mountain, where he witnesses a group of young grouse and observes two magnificent bucks named Damon and Pythias. This opening scene vividly paints the serene yet competitive environment Ted inhabits, filled with wildlife and the dreams of a young man bent on proving himself as a skilled hunter. As the story progresses, Ted faces a moral dilemma when his employer, Carl Thornton, pressures him to illegally hunt the very deer he admires. This tension is further compounded by family dynamics, as Ted's father Al values adherence to the law and tradition. Through these opening sequences, readers are thrust into a world that balances the beauty of nature with the complexities of human ambition and ethics. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHunting stories
653 _aYoung men -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aDeer -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aCollie -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41671
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