«The Flaming Forest» by James Oliver Curwood

The Flaming Forest is an adventure novel by American writer James Oliver Curwood.A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less!Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests of the northwest?The Flaming Forest was first published in 1921. AUDIO: Reading by Roger Melin, running time: 8 hours, 28 min. Unabridged full version. E-book: ePUB, 76 200 words, reading time approximately 6 hours, 20 min.James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American action-adventure writer. His books ranked among Publishers 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 (per word) author in the world.