James Oliver Curwood

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James Oliver "Jim" Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American adventure writer and conservator.

According to Publishers Weekly, his books were often based on experiences set in the Yukon or Alaska, and they ranked as one of the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the 1920s.

At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or closely influenced by his novels and short stories; one of three versions was released from 1919 to 1953.

Curwood was the world's highest paid (per word) writer at the time of his death. He built Curwood Castle as his residence in Owosso, Michigan, and used one turret as his writing studio.

The mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now operated as a museum.

The city honors him with an annual Curwood Festival.

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Biography and career

Curwood was born in Owosso, Michigan, as the youngest of four children. Curwood dropped out of high school before graduating. He passed the entrance exam to the University of Michigan and was accepted into the English department, where he studied journalism.

Curwood left college to become a reporter and moved to Detroit for work after two years. He sold his first book while attending the University of Michigan in 1898. He was hired by the Canadian government to travel to the northern reaches of Canada in 1907 to write and publish accounts of his travels to promote tourism, and his travels in Canada inspired his wilderness adventure tales. He travelled to the Hudson Bay area, Yukon, and Alaska each year for several months to gain inspiration. He wrote and published twenty-eight adventure/nature books, two collections of short stories, one non-fiction book (The Great Lakes), a collection of reflection (God's Country: The Trail to Happiness), and an autobiography (The Glory of Living).

Curwood had been very wealthy as a result of his writing by 1922. He returned home and built Curwood Castle in Owosso, Michigan, after a tour of Europe with his family, where he explored old European castles. The castle, which is built in the style of an 18th-century French chateau, is located along the Shiawassee River near downtown Owosso. Curwood created his writing studio in one of the castle's two large turrets. He also owned a lodge on the Ausable River near Roscommon, Michigan, which he used as a retreat for rest and relaxation from his strenuous writing career.

Curwood was a keen hunter in his youth, but as he aged, he became an advocate for wildlife and environmentalism. In 1927, he was appointed to the Michigan Conservation Commission. In a quote from The Grizzly King, the change in his attitude towards wildlife has been portrayed: "The greatest thrill is not to kill, but to live."

Carlotta Curwood Tate, Curwood's daughter, was described in a Curwood Collector account in 1927 as Curwood's daughter, who was bitten or stung by hip waders by some unknown cause. As an infection spread, health problems related to the bite have increased over the next few months. He died in Owosso at the age of 49 and was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery as part of a family plot.

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