James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910 â€" July 12, 1959) was an American author of young adult literature.
Born in New York City, New York, Jim Kjelgaard is the author of more than forty novels, the most famous of which is 1945's Big Red. It sold 225,000 copies by 1956 and was made into a 1962 Walt Disney film with the same title, Big Red. His books were primarily about dogs and wild animals, often with animal protagonists and told from the animal's point of view. Kjelgaard also wrote short fiction for several magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, and Adventure.
Jim Kjelgaard committed suicide in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1959, after suffering for several years from chronic pain and depression.
List of works
- Forest Patrol (1941)
- Rebel Siege (1943)
- Big Red (1945)
- The Fangs of Tsan-Lo (1945)
- Buckskin Brigade (1947)
- Snow Dog (1948)
- Kalak of the Ice (1949)
- A Nose for Trouble (1949)
- Wild Trek (1950)
- Chip the Dam Builder (1950)
- Irish Red, Son of Big Red (1951)
- Fire-hunter (1951)
- The Explorations of Pere Marquette (1951)
- Trailing Trouble (1952)
- Outlaw Red, Son of Big Red (1953)
- The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953)
- The Coming of the Mormons (1953)
- Haunt Fox (1954)
- Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter (1954)
- Lion Hound (1955)
- The Lost Wagon (1955)
- Desert Dog (1956)
- Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956)
- Wildlife Cameraman (1957)
- Cochise, Chief of Warriors (1957)
- Double Challenge (1957)
- We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run (1957)
- Wolf Brother (1957)
- Swamp Cat (1957)
- Rescue Dog of the High Pass (1958)
- The Land is Bright (1958)
- The Black Fawn (1958)
- The Story of Geronimo (1958)
- Hi Jolly (1959)
- Stormy (1959)
- Ulysses & his Woodland Zoo (1960)
- Boomerang Hunter (1960)
- The Duck-footed Hound (1960)
- Tigre (1961)
- Hidden Trail (1962)
- Fawn in the Forest & other Wild Animal Stories (1962)
- Two Dogs & a Horse (1964)
- Furious Moose of the Wilderness (1965)
- Dave and his Dog, Mulligan (1966)
- Coyote Song (1969)
References
External links
- Website on Jim Kjelgaard owned and operated by Gary Charter.
- HS Treasures bio of Kjelgaard
- Works by Jim Kjelgaard at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Jim (James Arthur) Kjelgaard at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Jim Kjelgaard at Internet Archive
- Works by Jim Kjelgaard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Jim Kjelgaard at Find a Grave
- Jim Kjelgaard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 56 catalog records
