Books with author Olaf Baker

In the 19th century Pacific Northwest, an abandoned Native American baby is discovered by Nitka, the she-wolf. Nitka, inspired by the "Spirit of the Wild," chooses to raise him alongside her own cubs rather than kill him. The baby grows up among the wolves and becomes a creature of the forest. Now known as Shasta, he learns to communicate with the animals, including the wise old brown bear, Gomposh. Shasta's adventures include fighting off attacks by vicious grizzly bears, hunters and even a wild moose. Shasta eventually reunites with his human tribe and must find a way to lead them to victory as a tribal war breaks out. An incredible, brilliantly-written tale of adventure and suspense!

It was the old she-wolf Nitka that came running lightly along the dusk.Though she had a great and powerful body, with a weight heavy enough to bear down a grown man, her feet made no sound as they came padding through the trees. She had been a long way, travelling for a kill, because at home the wolf-babies were very hungry and gave her no peace. They were not well-behaved babies at all. Whatever mischief there was in the world seemed to be packed tight into their little furry bodies. They played and fought and worried each other till they grew hungry again, and then they fell upon their mother like the little ravening monsters that they were. But Nitka bore it all patiently, as a kind old mother should, and only gave them a smack occasionally, when their behaviour was beyond everything for naughtiness.

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