Title: A Son of the Sun
Description: **A Son of the Sun** is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.

(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Son_of_the_Sun_%28novel%29))
Subjects: Fiction, Ship captains, American Sea stories, American Adventure stories, Americans, American Autobiographical fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Travel
Places: Oceania