Books author - "Jack London"
Description After a ferry accident on San Francisco Bay, literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is swept out to sea only to be rescued by the seal-hunting schooner Ghost. Wolf Larsen, the captain of the Ghost, is brutal and cynical but also highly intelligent, and he has no intention of returning Van Weyden to shore. Van Weyden is forced to serve on the Ghost, leaving behind his comfortable world ashore and entering into a psychological battle with Larsen on the sea. Jack London wrote The Sea-Wolf
Description The first anthology of short stories by Jack London, Lost Face tells seven stories about the Klondike gold rush. In βLost Face,β the fur thief Subienkow faces gruesome torture and execution by a tribe of Indians, armed with only his wits. βTrustβ is a story about the dangers of the Yukon River. Jack Londonβs best known short story, βTo Build a Fire,β tells the story of a nameless man and his dog attempting to survive in the frozen Northern Territory. In βThat Spot,β the eponymous
Description White Fang is Jack Londonβs companion novel to The Call of the Wild . In The Call of the Wild we follow a dogβs journey from domestication to wilderness, but in White Fang we see the opposite: a wild wolf-dog captured by men and eventually domesticated. White Fangβs journey isnβt an easy one; both the wild and civilization have their share of brutal violence. But he eventually seems happy in a home with a loving family. When read side-by-side with The Call of the Wild, White Fang
Description Jack London spent nearly a year in Alaska and the Klondike, mining for gold and braving the Alaskan winter. There he was inspired to write what would become The Call of the Wild, one of his most famous novels. The Call of the Wild tells the tale of a domesticated dog stolen from his California family and sold to sledders in Alaska. As he adapts to the harsh and wild environment, he slowly sheds domestication and returns to his primal roots. The Call of the Wild was Londonβs first
Description After a ferry accident on San Francisco Bay, literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is swept out to sea only to be rescued by the seal-hunting schooner Ghost. Wolf Larsen, the captain of the Ghost, is brutal and cynical but also highly intelligent, and he has no intention of returning Van Weyden to shore. Van Weyden is forced to serve on the Ghost, leaving behind his comfortable world ashore and entering into a psychological battle with Larsen on the sea. Jack London wrote The Sea-Wolf
Description The first anthology of short stories by Jack London, Lost Face tells seven stories about the Klondike gold rush. In βLost Face,β the fur thief Subienkow faces gruesome torture and execution by a tribe of Indians, armed with only his wits. βTrustβ is a story about the dangers of the Yukon River. Jack Londonβs best known short story, βTo Build a Fire,β tells the story of a nameless man and his dog attempting to survive in the frozen Northern Territory. In βThat Spot,β the eponymous
Description White Fang is Jack Londonβs companion novel to The Call of the Wild . In The Call of the Wild we follow a dogβs journey from domestication to wilderness, but in White Fang we see the opposite: a wild wolf-dog captured by men and eventually domesticated. White Fangβs journey isnβt an easy one; both the wild and civilization have their share of brutal violence. But he eventually seems happy in a home with a loving family. When read side-by-side with The Call of the Wild, White Fang
Description Jack London spent nearly a year in Alaska and the Klondike, mining for gold and braving the Alaskan winter. There he was inspired to write what would become The Call of the Wild, one of his most famous novels. The Call of the Wild tells the tale of a domesticated dog stolen from his California family and sold to sledders in Alaska. As he adapts to the harsh and wild environment, he slowly sheds domestication and returns to his primal roots. The Call of the Wild was Londonβs first