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lgpiper's review
4.0
For reasons I don't fully understand, I suddenly felt compelled to reread this book, which was a favorite of mine when I was in about fifth grade, back when Eisenhower was President. It's a bit silly, but I still enjoyed it. I guess anything with dogs works for me.
We begin with the tale of Silver Chief's birth. He's the son of a wolf, and a friendly dog, Dee. Dee brings Silver Chief up to take care of himself, but also to be wary of humans, especially Indians (yes, the book is a bit racist, one is wary of Indians and half-breeds).
One day, Sgt. Jim Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sees Silver Chief and decided to capture him. Painstakingly, he makes friends with "The Chief", and before you know it, Silver Chief is Jim's best bud and also the lead dog of Thorne's dog sled. They track down the notorious half breed, Joe Laval, and bring him to justice, but not until after they've faced trials and tribulations unimaginable to us normal folks.
Most likely, I'll continue with the Silver Chief saga. Oh, I should thank the marvelous librarians of the Reading Public Library for finding this book for me via interlibrary loan. What would we do without librarians?
We begin with the tale of Silver Chief's birth. He's the son of a wolf, and a friendly dog, Dee. Dee brings Silver Chief up to take care of himself, but also to be wary of humans, especially Indians (yes, the book is a bit racist, one is wary of Indians and half-breeds).
One day, Sgt. Jim Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sees Silver Chief and decided to capture him. Painstakingly, he makes friends with "The Chief", and before you know it, Silver Chief is Jim's best bud and also the lead dog of Thorne's dog sled. They track down the notorious half breed, Joe Laval, and bring him to justice, but not until after they've faced trials and tribulations unimaginable to us normal folks.
Most likely, I'll continue with the Silver Chief saga. Oh, I should thank the marvelous librarians of the Reading Public Library for finding this book for me via interlibrary loan. What would we do without librarians?
vertigus's review
5.0
First read this in second grade, and it still holds the record for the book I've read the most (at least 20 times). This is the book that made me fall in love with reading. I Still have memories of where this was on the bookshelf in the school library.
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