Stories of the far North
By: edited by Jon Tuska.
Contributors: Tuska, Jon.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century; Adventure stories, American; Western stories; Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Fiction; Northwest, Canadian -- Fiction; Alaska -- Fiction
Description: The Northwestern story emerged full-blown from the pen of Jack London, and his "The League of Old Men" is a fitting introduction to these rigorous action tales, in which the inhospitable climate strips away civilized veneer and individuals must live or die by their cunning, instinct, and sometimes ruthlessness. The bond between man and dog and the character flaws revealed under the stresses of extreme isolation are just two of the classic themes explored in these works.

The collection comes to a fitting climax of a century's worth of development with a new story by Tim Champlin, commissioned for this volume.
Notes: "Bison books"--Spine.
Table of contents: title: The league of the old men / Jack London; title: The Trail of 'Ninety-eight (ballad) / Robert Service; title: The test / Rex Beach; title: The strength of men / James Oliver Curwood; title: The man who goes alone / Max Brand; title: The great hunger / Dan Cushman; title: Mush fast or die! / Les Savage, Jr.; title: Cheechako trouble / James B. Hendryx; title: Color at Forty-Mile / Tim Champlin.