Imatge de l'autor

John Sherman O'Brien (1897–1938)

Autor/a de Silver Chief: Dog of the North

13 obres 540 Membres 19 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Inclou el nom: John S. O'Brien

Inclou també: Jack O'Brien (1)

Crèdit de la imatge: Jack O'Brien (1)

Obres de John Sherman O'Brien

Silver Chief: Dog of the North (1933) 174 exemplars
Silver Chief to the Rescue (1937) 101 exemplars
The Return Of Silver Chief (1943) 77 exemplars
Silver Chief's Revenge (1954) 49 exemplars
Valiant, Dog of the Timberline (1935) 39 exemplars
Spike of Swift River (1942) 39 exemplars
Royal Red (1951) 24 exemplars
The King and the Princess (1949) 9 exemplars
Silver Chief Dog of the North (1956) 4 exemplars
Sled Dogs in Snowland (1937) 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1897-08-18
Data de defunció
1938
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Lloc de defunció
New York, New York, USA
Professions
explorer
dog sledder
author
prospector
Biografia breu
A member of Admiral Byrd's first Antarctic expedition. Member of Laurence Gould's dog sledding team. Author of many animal books.

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I have not personally read this book, but it is why we/I started looking for and collecting older vintage books for children. We started homeschooling when my 4th child, a son, was in 4th grade. He was a voracious reader and had already read or listened to his father read some common classic children's literature. I asked my father who was in his 80's if he had any recommendations of books for my son. Not being as computer savvy as most people my age, he still managed to get online and secure a copy of Silver Chief, Dog of the North for my son. That copy is his own and will be treasured for a long time!! My son wanted to read more stories about Silver Chief and that is how we started on our search for vintage children's books. It was my father and my son making a connection with this book! I now have copies of my own to share with others.… (més)
 
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MarySchubert | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Aug 17, 2020 |
Peter Thorne, nephew of Jim Thorne, and with the grandson of Silver Chief by his side, investigates problems with an Indian settlement near Athabasca.

This story was completed posthumously by friends of the author, and while it's not a bad read, it's not of the same caliber as the Silver Chief books.
 
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fuzzi | Sep 18, 2016 |
Back into fun fluff territory, though it's trying for deeper. The mysterious orders are rather silly - a good way to get a lot of Mounties coming to ask what's going on, I'd think (which would have been a better way of informing them anyway...). Pat is a rather odd sideplot; I wonder what she thinks about the whole matter? 8 years old is old enough to have opinions, but she presents about as realistically as that doll. And the main plot is pretty weak, in terms of leaning on coincidence even more than usual - Thorne comes across clues way too easily, though he does think about that (lampshaded). Decent, for fluff; this one I might read again.… (més)
 
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jjmcgaffey | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | May 10, 2016 |
My, that's silly. It doesn't work for me even at the level of fun fluff. The magical thinking that takes a wild animal - not even feral, he's had no real contact with humans - and within weeks at most makes him totally loyal to...well, the first white man he's encountered... The last takes it from silly to annoying, though at least it seems to be more a matter of finding his True Love than just a racial thing. Still, it was bad enough it tainted the rest of the book for me. Aside from that, it is fluff. Oh, and the language is occasionally excessively high-flown - amusing. The first chapter, in present tense, in particular, but also some later bits. Not dialog, that's fine, usually in descriptions and the like. The end is coincidentally convenient, but not beyond the bounds of the genre. Not a favorite, or even one I much want to read again.… (més)
½
 
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jjmcgaffey | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | May 10, 2016 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
13
Membres
540
Popularitat
#46,139
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
19
ISBN
24
Llengües
1
Preferit
1

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