Jack London: 1138 books

The Game is a 1905 novel by Jack London about a twenty-year-old boxer Joe, who meets his death in the ring. London was a sports reporter for the Oakland Herald and based the novel on his personal observations. Jack London, pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, American novelist and short-story...

Jack London selbst war als junger Erwachsener gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ein »Abenteurer des Schienenstranges«. Die autobiographische Erzählung berichtet vom risikoreichen Leben als blinder Passagier der Eisenbahn. Unter Lebensgefahr klammerten sich Jack London und andere Bahn-Tramper, die...

"Moon-Face" is a short story by Jack London, first published in 1906. It explores the subject of extreme antipathy. Jack London, pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney, American novelist and short-story writer whose best-known works—among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang...

Jack London was a writer, but more than that, he was an adventurer who wrote about his adventures. Growing up working class in San Francisco, London diligently scrounged out a life riding trains, pirating oysters, working on a sealing ship, and working at a cannery, all the while using his free time...

The Complete Edition of " The Call of the Wild -  Jack London ". The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London 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...

"I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall write such a line!" Thus Jack London, well along in his career. And thus almost any collection of his adventure stories is acceptable to young readers as well as to their elders. Jack...

"That Spot" is a short story written by Jack London in 1908 "I don't think much of Stephen Mackaye any more, though I used to swear by him. I know that in those days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be responsible for my actions. Jack...

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. There are two versions of this story, one published in 1902 and the other in 1908. The story written in 1908 has become an often anthologized classic, while the 1902 story is less well known. Jack London, pseudonym...

Tales from the Klondike. "The Faith of Men" is a short story collection originally published in 1904 and contains eight of Jack London's adventure tales, all of them set in London's favorite milieu -- the Yukon Territory. "A Relic of the Pliocene" concerns a "homely,...

Most people think of The Call of the Wild or White Fang when Jack London's name comes up -- and rightfully so, for these are his two most famous works, and both are classics. It's an interesting but far less well known fact that London also wrote a substantial body of science fiction and fantasy (before...

The Call of the Wild The Sea-Wolf The Road White Fang Martin Eden John Barleycorn The People of the Abyss Few writers have captured the living texture of life as well as Jack London. Each of the seven classic titles appearing in this superbly...

A collection of Jack London sea stories. CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt) "If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!' you vood jump quick,...

A collection of Jack London sea stories. CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt) "If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!' you vood jump quick, like...

Edition Complète de " Les Vagabonds du Rail - Annoté (enrichi d'une biographie complète) - Jack London ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. Un fervent témoignage sur la vie du vagabondage, il faut avoir vécu...