San Francisco stories
By: edited and with an introduction by Matthew Asprey ; preface by Rodger Jacobs
Contributors: Asprey, Matthew; Jacobs, Rodger, 1946-; Varian, George, 1865-1923
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Samizdat Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906; Fiction
Other titles: Jack London :
Description: "This collection contains such classic stories as The apostate and South of the Slot as well as extracts from John Barleycorn and The sea-wolf. The ... 1905 story cycle Tales of the fish patrol is included in its entirety ... London's vivid eyewitness report of the great 1906 earthquake and fire ... stands as a fitting epilogue"--From back cover.
Notes: "Originally published October 2010; 2nd CreateSpace edition July 2011; revised edition June 2014"--Verso t.p.

Includes illustrations by George Varian for the early London collection Tales of the fish patrol.
Table of contents: title: Youth: from John Barleycorn ; The apostate ; from Small-boat sailing ; To repel boarders ; from John Barleycorn; title: Tales of the fish patrol: White and yellow ; The king of the Greeks ; A raid on the oyster pirates ; The siege of the "Lancashire Queen" ; Charley's coup ; Demetrios Contos ; Yellow handkerchief; title: The Bay Area: The banks of the Sacramento ; An adventure in the upper sea ; Winged blackmail ; When the world was young ; The prodigal father ; Benefit of the doubt; title: San Francisco past and future: from John Barleycorn ; from The sea-wolf ; South of the Slot ; The dream of Debs; title: Epilogue: 18 April 1906.