Walt Morey

Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory. The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his older brother, Jamie. But in time Mark finds someone else to love--Ben, an Alaskan brown bear so huge that no one else dares come near him. Gentle Ben has been a favorite of readers of all ages for 25 years, and is a timeless story of a rare friendship.

A wolf-dog instinctively travels two thousand miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life. A wolf-dog instinctively travels 2000 miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life.

After a runt sled dog is raised by a young boy, the dog's cruel owner demands his return.

Paroled to a dairy farm, a 15-year-old slowly develops an interest in the farm and its animals and through this exposure acquires the strength to resist the influence of old friends.

A young Alaskan has a difficult time persuading the local cannery to hire him as a diver.

Stranded for six months in the Rocky Mountains following an airplane crash, a 15-year-old boy is taken in by an old hermit who teaches him the ways of the wilderness.