Stories of adventure
Subtitle: the complete novel of The game, plus 46 short stories ...
By: by Jack London ; introduced by Russ Kingman ; compiled by Frank Oppel
Contributors: Oppel, Frank; Kingman, Russ
Publisher: Castle Books
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Secaucus, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780890093474
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Selections
Description: This volume contains the entire text of Jack London's novel The Game in addition to 46 of his short stories. The Game tells the story of Jack Fleming who the eve of his wedding arranges a ringside seat for his sweetheart to view her only rival: the "game." Through her eyes, the reader watches the fight that pits Jack against John Ponta revealing as much about her own nature as it does about the force that drives the two men. Each short story paints a picture of a time long gone. Adventure, bravery, and honor are the values of the men in these stories. In a harsh time, the men and women had to be resilient, and maintain their cheer in the face of hardship. The tales are a window into the past, and Jack London, one of the greatest writers of his time, captured the essence of life in the frontier, on the sea, and in the hearts and minds of the people of the past.
Notes: Text in double columns.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Haunts of Jack London; title: To the man on the trail -- -- An; title: odyssey of the North -- -- A; title: thousand deaths -- -- The; title: priestly prerogative -- -- The; title: minions of Midas --; title: Diable-a dog --; title: In Yeddo Bay -- -- The; title: leopard man's story --; title: Love of life --; title: Planchette -- -- The; title: unexpected --; title: Two gold bricks -- -- The; title: handsome cabin boy --; title: Brown Wolf -- -- The; title: Sun-Dog Trail -- -- A; title: relic of the Pliocene -- -- The; title: story of Jees Uck -- -- The; title: league of the old men -- -- The; title: one thousand dozen -- -- A; title: hyperborean brew --; title: Which make men remember -- -- The; title: master of mystery --; title: Keesh, the son of Keesh --; title: Nam-Bok the unveracious -- -- The; title: death of Ligoun --; title: Li Wan, the fair -- -- The; title: game --; title: Siwash --; title: Pluck and pertinacity -- -- The; title: sickness of lone chief --; title: At the rainbow's end -- -- The; title: banks of the Sacremento -- -- The; title: marriage of Lit-Lit --; title: White and yellow -- -- The; title: king of the Greeks -- -- A; title: raid on the oyster pirates -- -- The; title: siege of the "Lancashire queen" --; title: Charley's "coup" --; title: Demetrios Contos --; title: "Yellow handkerchief' -- -- A; title: daughter of the aurora -- -- The; title: lost poacher --; title: Chris Farrington, able seaman -- -- The; title: sunlanders --; title: Where the trail forks --; title: Dutch courage --; title: Jan, the unrepentant.