Given only one real opportunity, the camels had contributed more than their full share. Ali knew finally that, if he might return over the years and once more look at camels being taken aboard the _Supply_, and if he might also look ahead and see all the future, he would again do as he had done and come to America.
The journey had not been in vain. What had seemed to be heartbreaking failure showed its true colors under the correct light. Triumph was complete.
Slowly, Ben Akbar rose to his feet and the two started along the silvery path together.
was born in New York City. Happily enough, he was still in the pre-school age when his father decided to move the family to the Pennsylvania mountains. There young Jim grew up among some of the best hunting and fishing in the United States. He says: "If I had pursued my scholastic duties as diligently as I did deer, trout, grouse, squirrels, etc., I might have had better report cards!"
Jim Kjelgaard has worked at various jobs--trapper, teamster, guide, surveyor, factory worker and laborer. When he was in the late twenties he decided to become a full-time writer. He has succeeded in his wish. He has published several hundred short stories and articles and quite a few books for young people.
His hobbies are hunting, fishing, dogs, and questing for new stories. He tells us: "Story hunts have led me from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Arctic Circle to Mexico City. Stories, like gold, are where you find them. You may discover one three thousand miles from home, as in _Rescue Dog of the High Pass_, or, as in _The Spell of the White Sturgeon_, right on your own door step." And he adds: "I am married to a very beautiful girl and have a teen-age daughter. Both of them order me around in a shameful fashion, but I can still boss the dog! We live in Phoenix, Arizona."
_Big Red_ _Rebel Siege_ _Forest Patrol_ _Buckskin Brigade_ _Chip, the Dam Builder_ _Fire Hunter_ _Irish Red_ _Kalak of the Ice_ _A Nose for Trouble_ _Snow Dog_ _The Story of Geronimo_ _Stormy_ _Cochise, Chief of Warriors_ _Trailing Trouble_ _Wild Trek_ _The Explorations of Pere Marquette_ _The Spell of the White Sturgeon_ _Outlaw Red_ _The Coming of the Mormons_ _Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter_ _The Lost Wagon_ _Lion Hound_ _Trading Jeff and His Dog_ _Desert Dog_ _Haunt Fox_ _The Oklahoma Land Run_ _Double Challenge_ _Swamp Cat_ _Rescue Dog of the High Pass_ _Hi Jolly!_