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The defender is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kalashnikoff, Nicholas (1888–1961).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Defender" by Nicholas Kalashnikoff is a children's novel published in 1951. Deep in the Siberian mountains, an ostracized shepherd named Turgen befriends a herd of wild rams, causing villagers to brand him a sorcerer. When hunting season arrives and hunters threaten the rams' lives, Turgen must choose between his safety and protecting the animals he has grown to love. A widowed mother and her children become his unlikely allies in this tale of compassion and courage.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The defender
- Author credits: Kalashnikoff, Nicholas (1888–1961)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Endangered species -- Juvenile fiction
- Even (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction
- Rams -- Juvenile fiction
- Shepherds -- Juvenile fiction
- Siberia (Russia) -- Juvenile fiction
- Yakut (Turkic people) -- Juvenile fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Novels
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