Jim Kjelgaard

[Zach Matthews]

I picked up a copy of Jim Kjelgaard’s book “Stormy,” the other day in a used book store.

[Bob Riggins]

Sorry Zach, but we are raising boys to be sissy’s these days.

[Scott G.]

Kjelgaard was probably my favorite author growing up.

[Mark Landerman]

Sorry Zach, but we are raising boys to be sissy’s these days.  I’m suprised that we have not replaced circumcision with castration.

I wouldn’t say we all are………………..pretty sure mine could hold his own against a lot of grown men.

At 14, he schooled a “skilled” angler last week.

[Zach Matthews]

Bob –

I wasn’t actually raised to be an outdoorsman.

[Bob Riggins]

Sorry Zach, but we are raising boys to be sissy’s these days.  I’m suprised that we have not replaced circumcision with castration.

I wouldn’t say we all are………………..pretty sure mine could hold his own against a lot of grown men.

At 14, he schooled a “skilled” angler last week.

I salute you for raising the kid right.

[Mark Landerman]

Thanks, Bob.

[andrew stoehr]

Wow – I’d completely forgotten about those books.

[M. Wood]

Stormy is a great book.

[dave hosler]

Wow – I’d completely forgotten about those books.  But reading your post, I had this visual image in my head…and then I googled up the name and found pictures of some book covers.  Then I remembered that, yes, I did read the “Big Red” book, and probably others.

I seem to recall really loving a book called “My Side of the Mountain”. I wanted to grow up to be an Indian, but my ancestry made that impossible so I always figured being a trapper would have to do.  But I was born too late to be a “real” trapper (i.e. mountain man).  When I found “My Side of the Mountain”, I decided that THIS was something I could definitely pull off!

Never did, of course, and now my wife won’t let me.

As a kid, My Side of the Mountain was my favorite book.

[Mike Anderson]

I didn’t read any of those books as a kid, was always too busy hunting and fishing.

[Gary Sundin]

I read every Kjelgaard book I could find growing up.  They were a staple of my early reading diet.  I also read “My Side of the Mountain” which book had a great impact on me.  Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson were strong favorites.  I had subscriptions to “Field and Stream” and “Outdoor Life” and developed a love of the last page humorists Ed Zern (RIP) and Pat McManus.

I was lucky to live within walking distance of quality fishing throughout all my school-age years, and we never owned a TV or a PC until I was much older (high school age).  I understand that this situation was fairly rare, even in the 70’s and 80’s.  I still find it sad that most modern kids may never aquire the kind of longing for adventure that’s instilled by reading substantive literature.

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[M. Wood]

I think there are still plenty of kids getting the seed for adventure planted through reading.

[andrew stoehr]

 Recently our family listened to Rascal by Stirling North, another great book.  It has a great section about an uncle who fly fishes.  My Daughter is reading some of Jim’s books now.

“Rascal” was also a favorite.

[andrew stoehr]

Another author I recall liking was Allan Eckert.

[Gary Sundin]

Other favorites of mine were Farley Mowat’s “The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be”, “Owls in the Family”, and “Never Cry Wolf”.

[Grant Wright]

All classics….I don’t think I saw one of my favorites mentioned above…”White Fang” by Jack London was probably my favorite.

[andrew stoehr]

Other favorites of mine were Farley Mowat’s “Never Cry Wolf”.

I thought the movie was also fabulous.

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