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"The Inevitable White Man" written by Jack London: So said Captain Woodward. We sat in the parlor of Charley Roberts' pub in Apia, drinking long Abu Hameds compounded and shared with us by the aforesaid Charley Roberts, who claimed the recipe direct from Stevens, famous for having invented the Abu Hamed at a time when he was spurred on by Nile thirst-the Stevens who was responsible for "With Kitchener to Kartoun," and who passed out at the siege of Ladysmith.

El viejo profesor de “La peste escarlata” es uno de los pocos supervivientes de un cataclismo ocurrido en 2013 que destruyó la civilización y redujo la humanidad a un nuevo primitivismo. En el año 2072, el pobre hombre intenta trasladar infructuosamente a sus nietos los conocimientos que la humanidad había poseído.

A veritable library of listening in this splendid collection of American Short Stories! This boxed set includes all stories from Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

This is a new edition of Jack London's classic chapter on surfing entitled "The Royal Sport", first published in his famous book called The Cruise of the Snark.

Buck, a huge 4-year-old Scottish Shepherd-Saint Bernard cross-breed, lived a life of ease at Judge Miller's Santa Clara Valley estate. This is the story of Buck and how he was thrust into the life of a sled-dog in the savage Klondike during the Gold Rush, and how he ran with the wolves. Jack London, born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, is well known for his stories involving men and animals and their struggles in the environment.

The Heathen is a short story by the American writer Jack London. It was first published in Everybody's Magazine in August 1910. In the story, two people, from different cultural and racial backgrounds, are the only survivors of a ship that encounters a hurricane in the Pacific, and they remain together. The narrator, a pearl buyer named Charley, is a cabin passenger on a schooner, the Petite Jeanne, sailing from Rangiroa to Tahiti with a Kanaka crew, at the end of the pearling season in the Paumotas. The boat, having eighty-five deck passengers, is overloaded.

John Griffith Chaney was born on January 12th, 1876, in San Francisco. In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as they moved around the Bay area, eventually settling in Oakland where now, calling himself Jack, he completed grade school. In the Klondike Jack began to gather material for his writing. During the late 1890s Jack was regularly publishing short stories and by the turn of the century full-blown novels.

Strong sled dogs were in demand, and that’s how Buck, the St. Bernard cross Scotch Shepherd ended up in the wilds of Alaska.

Ein Hundeleben ist hart, aber Weißer Zahn ist härter. "Wolfsblut“ ist eine traurige Tiergeschichte über den Halbwolf Weißer Zahn, der in Alaska aufwächst und zunächst in der Wildnis, dann bei Indianern und schließlich bei den Weißen lebt. Seine Wildheit macht ihn allen Haushunden überlegen, weshalb er durch die Weißen als Kampfhund missbraucht wird. Im letzten Moment wird er gerettet und findet schließlich in San Francisco doch noch ein schönes Zuhause.

Jack London’s White Fang is an impactful examination of the harsh realities of nature and the damage humans can cause, but also of the will to survive that is common between humans and wild animals alike. The story follows White Fang, a feisty wolf pup that becomes a vicious wolf due to his interactions with harsh human masters. He is shuffled between masters throughout his life and taught to be destructive but is eventually shown love and compassion by a human and learns gentleness as an adult wolf.

Set in Yukon Territory, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, Jack London's White Fang is a gripping tale about a domesticated dog trying to survive in the wild. Dealing with other complex themes such as redemption and morality, White Fang is an incendiary story that examines humanity through the viewpoint of a wild wolfdog.

White Fang is the story of a wolf dog that is rescued from its brutal owner and gradually becomes domesticated through the patience and kindness of its new owner, Weedon Scott. White Fang eventually defends Scott's father from attack by an escaped convict.

"The Call of the Wild" is an adventure novel by Jack London. It was published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

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Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist, one of the first fiction writers obtaining celebrity and a fortune. His most famous novel is "The Call of the Wild".

A wild wolf cub is born into the frozen north and learns the hard reality of living by tooth and claw. Discovering prey and being prey are his first hard lessons, with many more to follow. White Fang is a hard-hitting adventure that follows the life of a semidomesticated wolf cub that survives birth in the wild and then the delights and horrors of human domination. By turns ferocious, exciting, adventurous, horrifying, and heartwarming, this classic animal adventure will keep you listening.

Jack London was one of the most prolific and imaginative writers America has ever produced. This collection includes eight masterpieces that showcase London's literary versatility and his genius at creating memorable, one-of-a-kind characters: "Moon-Face" - a study of extreme motiveless antipathy; "The Leopard-Man's Story" - passion and mayhem under the big top; "Local Color" - a wandering polymath might be too smart for his own good; "The Minions of Midas" - a tale of terrorism perhaps more disturbing today than it was 100 years ago; and much more.

This is a story from the Classic American Short Stories collection.

Vo mnogom, avtobiograficheskij, javljajushhijsja odnim iz samyh chitaemyh proizvedenij pisatelja, roman rasskazyvaet o zhizni cheloveka iz samyh nizov, stavshego znamenitym pisatelem. Dobivshis' v zhizni ochen' mnogogo, Martin Iden prinimaet reshenie ujti iz zhizni....

Buck, the dog hero of this novel, is sold into service in the Klondike. Abused by men and dogs alike, he becomes a ruthless fighter. A master that he deeply loves and respects saves him. But the actions of both humans and canines eventually force him to follow an instinct that he cannot resist.

Jack London is among the greatest adventure writers in American Literature, and The Call of the Wild is his masterpiece, a work that takes us where few tales have dared: into the mind of an animal. Buck is taken from the warmth of the Santa Clara valley to work as a sled-dog in the frozen Yukon during the Gold Rush. There he is forced to lose his domesticated ways and rediscover his natural instincts.

A tidewater dog named Buck is stolen from his original owner and catapulted into an arena of bad men and dogs during the gold rush in northern Alaska. "Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing", and thus begins the start of hardship, mistreatment, and the will to survive. Toughening, maddening, and overcoming are the hallmarks of this great classic. Don't miss it.