A son of the sun
Subtitle: the adventures of Captain David Grief
By: by Jack London ; with introductions and notes by Thomas R. Tietze and Gary Riedl.
Contributors: Tietze, Thomas R.; Riedl, Gary, 1945-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction, American; Americans -- Oceania -- Fiction; Adventure stories, American; Ship captains -- Fiction; Sea stories, American; Oceania -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Entertaining, atmospheric, and action-filled - yet difficult to obtain until now - the eight short stories in Jack London's A Son of the Sun center on the thrilling exploits of Captain David Grief in the dangerous and exotic South Seas.".

"Captain Grief encounters the adventurers, scoundrels, pirates, and opportunists who followed the example of their colonial predecessors and exploited the islands and their resources early in the twentieth century. Inspired by London's own voyage through the South Seas on board his self-made yacht, the Snark, these stories paint a colorful - and at times horrifying - picture of the remote South Pacific."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-[241]).
Table of contents: title: A son of the sun; title: The proud goat of Aloysius Pankburn; title: The devils of Fuatino; title: The jokers of New Gibbon; title: A little account with Swithin Hall; title: A Goboto night; title: The feathers of the sun; title: The pearls of Parlay.