Jack London: Tales of the North

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Castle Books, 1979 - Fiction - 488 pages
Jack London has captivated millions of readers around the world with his classic tales of the high seas and untamed wilderness. His characters are men of courage and valor who struggle to survive the unforgiving elements. If you have never collected books before, you will want to start now. If you are a collector, Jack London Tales of the North is a must have for your personal library with its nonstop adventure and heroic exploits.

It is American literature presented in its most dramatic form—a high adventure in reading. Here, in a facsimile of the original turn of the century magazines, in which many of his works first appeared, are four of Jack London’s greatest novels in their entirety: White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, The Call of the Wild and Cruise of the Dazzler, plus 15 of his best loved short stories, including In the Forests of the North, In a Far Country and The White Silence, from the rare original illustrated magazines. Jack London’s Tales of the North is an original. It is a collection pays tribute to the foremost American writer of his day and the most popular American writer abroad.

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Contents

SON OF THE WOLF
103
IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH
115
THE MEN OF FORTYMILE
129
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About the author (1979)

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist and journalist best known for his novels White Fang, The Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and his semi-autobiographical Martin Eden. London was also an active socialist, and was frequently sought after to deliver lectures on the subject. As a short story author he was also quite successful, having written hundreds of short stories in addition to his fifty fiction and nonfiction novels.

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