Project Gutenberg 2012-12-20 Public domain in the USA. 246 Kjelgaard, Jim 1910 1959 Kjelgaard, James Arthur Elgard, Jim Double Challenge Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Double Challenge" by Jim Kjelgaard is a novel written in the late 1950s. The book introduces readers to Ted Harkness, a young man passionate about the outdoors, whose aspirations revolve around hunting and potentially running a resort in the wilderness of Mahela. The story unfolds against the backdrop of Ted's struggles with his father's ideals and the looming threats from other inhabitants of their woodsy community, setting the stage for a compelling exploration of values, ambition, and the conflicts between personal integrity and societal pressures. At the start of the narrative, Ted Harkness, along with his loyal collie Tammie, embarks on an adventurous climb up Hawkbill Mountain, where he witnesses a group of young grouse and observes two magnificent bucks named Damon and Pythias. This opening scene vividly paints the serene yet competitive environment Ted inhabits, filled with wildlife and the dreams of a young man bent on proving himself as a skilled hunter. As the story progresses, Ted faces a moral dilemma when his employer, Carl Thornton, pressures him to illegally hunt the very deer he admires. This tension is further compounded by family dynamics, as Ted's father Al values adherence to the law and tradition. Through these opening sequences, readers are thrust into a world that balances the beauty of nature with the complexities of human ambition and ethics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Hunting stories Young men -- Juvenile fiction Deer -- Juvenile fiction Collie -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 295919 2025-07-17T03:54:04.616721 text/html 275604 2024-10-23T13:06:50 text/html 179375 2025-07-17T03:54:10.797167 application/epub+zip 182317 2025-07-17T03:54:06.549682 application/epub+zip 182317 2025-07-17T03:54:05.368650 application/epub+zip 335914 2025-07-17T03:54:13.906112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320472 2025-07-17T03:54:10.047188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295231 2022-09-19T05:36:05.174673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278232 2023-09-18T07:43:22.344361 text/plain 258440 2024-10-23T13:06:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17157 2025-07-17T03:54:14.026115 application/rdf+xml 13072 2025-07-17T03:54:05.863649 image/jpeg 3343 2025-07-17T03:54:05.616672 image/jpeg 172982 2025-07-17T03:54:04.644672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia