James Oliver Curwood
Writer, Author
1878 – 1927
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Who was James Oliver Curwood?
James Oliver "Jim" Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among Publisher's Weekly top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s. At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid author in the world. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1878
Owosso - Also known as
- James Curwood
- Jim Curwood
- James Oliver "Jim" Curwood
- Mr. Curwood
- Spouses
- Ethel Greenwood
(1909/09/27 - 1927/08/13) - Cora Leon Johnson
(1900/01/21 - 1908/11)
- Ethel Greenwood
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Lived in
- Owosso
- Died
- Aug 13, 1927
Owosso
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on July 23, 2013
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