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As a young man in the summer of 1897, Jack London joined the Klondike gold rush. From that seminal experience emerged these gripping, inimitable wilderness tales, which have endured as some of London s best and most defining work. With remarkable insight and unflinching realism, London describes the punishing adversity that awaited men in the brutal, frozen expanses of the Yukon, and the extreme tactics these adventurers and travelers adopted to survive. As Van Wyck Brooks observed, One felt that the stories had been somehow lived that they were not merely observed that the author was not telling tales but telling his life. This edition is unique to the Modern Library, featuring twenty-three carefully chosen stories from London s three collected Northland volumes and his later Klondike tales. It also includes two maps of the region, and notes on the text. Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader.
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Jack London (1876-1916), by turns a renegade adventurer, a war correspondent, and an avowed socialist, first achieved fame with The Son of the Wolf (1900), a collection of short stories drawn from his experiences in the Klondike gold rush. "The greatest story Jack London ever wrote was the story he lived," said Alfred Kazin. Gary Kinder is the bestselling author of Victim and Light Years. He has been researching this story since 1987, two years before the S.S. Central America's treasure was recovered. Kinder was aboard the group's research vessel when they first announced their find. Kinder lives in Seattle.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jack London lived a life any office bound 21st century Bozo like me can only dream of.
He also wrote about it with a flair and maturity which makes me wish I had the balls to emulate his grasping of the adventures life could offer.
But going to the frozen north to hunt for animals from my dog sled, or prospect for gold in the company of a wildly beautiful native tribal woman might annoy my wife so better to buy this book and marvel at his semi -autobiographical stories from under a warm duvet.
Great stuff.
He also wrote about it with a flair and maturity which makes me wish I had the balls to emulate his grasping of the adventures life could offer.
But going to the frozen north to hunt for animals from my dog sled, or prospect for gold in the company of a wildly beautiful native tribal woman might annoy my wife so better to buy this book and marvel at his semi -autobiographical stories from under a warm duvet.
Great stuff.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a compilation of the best of Jack London's Klondike stories, set in Alaska/Canada at the time of the great gold rush in the very late 19th century.
Included here is London's most famous story "To Build a Fire", but almost all of them are excellent; each one seemed better than the one before. I found it amazing to see the variety London was able to obtain from stories set in the same environment.
I thought that London shows considerable empathy for the native peoples of the Klondike area. The white people are usually shown as either out of place in that freezing world, as terrible people corrupted by greed, or both.
I really hope you read these stories by a master at his best and feel yourself transported to the Klondike as I did.
Included here is London's most famous story "To Build a Fire", but almost all of them are excellent; each one seemed better than the one before. I found it amazing to see the variety London was able to obtain from stories set in the same environment.
I thought that London shows considerable empathy for the native peoples of the Klondike area. The white people are usually shown as either out of place in that freezing world, as terrible people corrupted by greed, or both.
I really hope you read these stories by a master at his best and feel yourself transported to the Klondike as I did.
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Possibly his best stuff. This and the sister volume 'South Sea tales' really cover all of his best short fiction for me. Hideously greedy profiteers, snarling wolves, noble yet savage indians, beautiful indian maidens, its all here. London was making his name with these stories and for my money they surpass the majority of what came later.
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