# The defender

By Nicholas Kalashnikoff.

"The Defender" by Nicholas Kalashnikoff is a children's novel published in 1951. Deep in the Siberian mountains, an ostracized shepherd named Turgen befriends a herd of wild rams, causing villagers to brand him a sorcerer. When hunting season arrives and hunters threaten the rams' lives, Turgen must choose between his safety and protecting the animals he has grown to love. A widowed mother and her children become his unlikely allies in this tale of compassion and courage. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: Claire Louden
- Illustrator: George Louden
- Subjects: Shepherds -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Rams -- Juvenile fiction; Endangered species -- Juvenile fiction; Even (Asian people) -- Juvenile fiction; Yakut (Turkic people) -- Juvenile fiction; Siberia (Russia) -- Juvenile fiction

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