Sitka Charley smoked his pipe and gazed thoughtfully at the Police Gazette illustration on the wall. For half an hour he had been steadily regarding it, and for half an hour I had been slyly watching
Under this title Jack London has compliled eight short stories. The title work is an accoount of a man dying in the wilds of the Northwest by slow starvation. The concluding story, "Negore, the Coward
From the first the voyage was going wrong. Routed out of my hotel on a bitter March morning, I had crossed Baltimore and reached the pier-end precisely on time. At nine o’clock the tug was to have tak
On every hand stretched the forest primeval,—the home of noisy comedy and silent tragedy. Here the struggle for survival continued to wage with all its ancient brutality. Briton and Russian were still
Unlike the women of most warm races, those of Hawaii age well and nobly. With no pretence of make-up or cunning concealment of time's inroads, the woman who sat under the hau tree might have been perm
I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that ev
Jack London is one of America's most well-known and respected authors. Collected here are two of his most well-known stories: "The Call of the Wild," which tells the story of a dog named Buck who is s
Written by American author Jack London in 1903, this tells the story of a dog named Buck who is sold into the brutal life of an Alaskan sled dog. A powerful, moving story, it will stay with you long a
The classic book, Call of the Wild by Jack London! There's a reason why Call of the Wild is one of the best books of all time. If you haven't read this classic, then you'd better pick up a copy of
'White Fang' is part dog, part wolf and all brute, living in the frozen north; he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship, and surrenders all at the last in a fight with a bulldog. 'Whi
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a b
Originally published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most famous work, read in English or in translation around the world. This 100th anniversary edition, edited by Earl J. Wilcox and
Captivating tale of true adventures recounts, with wry good humor, the hardships of a two-year voyage aboard a diminutive and leaky craft. Vital, colorful narrative transcends stormy seas and navigati
