Chapter I: Front Matter

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“_I never put off until tomorrow what
I find hard to-day, for tomorrow rarely
brings the needed skill._”

“_What little success I have achieved
has been pounded out with naked fists
through many years of hard work._”

_James Oliver Curwood_

_THE WORKS OF
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD_

THE COURAGE OF CAPTAIN PLUM 1908

THE WOLF HUNTERS 1908

THE GOLD HUNTERS 1909

THE GREAT LAKES (_Non-Fiction_) 1909

THE DANGER TRAIL 1910

GOD’S COUNTRY—TRAIL TO HAPPINESS (_Non-Fiction_) 1911

STEELE OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED 1911

THE HONOR OF THE BIG SNOWS 1911

FLOWER OF THE NORTH 1912

ISOBEL 1913

KAZAN 1914

GOD’S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN 1915

THE HUNTED WOMAN 1916

BAREE, SON OF KAZAN 1917

FAULKNER OF THE INLAND SEAS (_Short Stories_) 1917

THE GRIZZLY KING 1917

THE COURAGE OF MARGE O’DOONE 1918

NOMADS OF THE NORTH 1919

THE RIVER’S END 1919

THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN 1920

BACK TO GOD’S COUNTRY (_Short Stories_) 1920

THE FLAMING FOREST 1921

THE GOLDEN SNARE 1921

THE ALASKAN 1923

THE COUNTRY BEYOND 1923

A GENTLEMAN OF COURAGE 1924

THE ANCIENT HIGHWAY 1925

SWIFT LIGHTNING 1925

THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM 1926

THE BLACK HUNTER 1926

GREEN TIMBER _Completed by Dorthea A. Bryant_ 1930

SON OF THE FORESTS (_Autobiography_) 1930

THE CRIPPLED LADY OF PERIBONKA _Completed by Dorthea A.
Bryant_ 1930

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JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
DISCIPLE OF THE WILDS

_A Biography by_
H. D. SWIGGETT

_Illustrations by_
J. C. WEBER

THE PAEBAR COMPANY

_Publishers_ _New York_

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FIRST EDITION

COPYRIGHT, 1943

by

THE PAEBAR COMPANY

_No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
permission in writing from the publishers, except by a reviewer who
may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine
or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of America._

Dedication

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TO MY PARENTS

_Mr. & Mrs. William Hobart Swiggett_

It is to these two grand people that their son
graciously dedicates this volume.

Had it not been for their understanding and
guiding ways, I could never have attained and
aspired to my goal in this life.

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