Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. (source: Wikipedia)
Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie, who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy fathe...read more »
This novel, a devastating portrayal of colonialism and slavery set in the Solomon Islands, has generated considerable controversy since its publication ...read more »
A young man in modern America is terrorized by visions of an earlier, primitive life. Across the enormous chasm of thousands of centuries, his conscious...read more »
Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London which was one of the best-selling books of that year and it was London’s best-selling book in his lifetime. T...read more »
American journalist and action-adventure writer Jack London had a life-long fascination with the indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest, and he brin...read more »
A classic biography of Jack London as a drunk; it is most likely the first thoughtful analysis on alcoholism in Amreican literture. The novel is packed ...read more »
Lost Face is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its named from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer ...read more »
Martin Eden, Jack London’s semiautobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author’s most mature work. Person...read more »
Like the celebrated “Klondike Tales,” the stories that comprise “South Sea Tales” derive their intensity from the author’s own far-flung adventures, con...read more »
The Call Of The Wild is the story of Buck, a dog stolen from his home and thrust into the merciless life of the Arctic north to endure hardship, bitter ...read more »
The Snark had two masts and was 43 feet long at the waterline, and on it London claims to have spent thirty thousand dollars. The snark was primarily a ...read more »
Jack London’s dystopian novel about the rise of oligarchic tyranny in the United States. Playing upon the socialistic themes that were so prevalent at t...read more »
A triangle romance provides the basis for a questioning of the meaning of masculinity, as well as an examination of agribusiness in California. Jack Lon...read more »
This early work on The night born is a fascinating novel of the period and still an interesting read today. Classic Jack London short stories, including...read more »
A profound and moving piece of investigative journalism, Jack London’s study of the London underworld remains, a century after it was written, a timely ...read more »
In this entertaining collection of tales and autobiographical essays, London relates the days he spent on the road. Each story details an aspect of the ...read more »
The year is 2073. It’s been sixty years since The Red Death wiped out most of humanity. James Howard Smith is one of the last survivors of the pre-plagu...read more »
Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere o...read more »
San Quentin, death-row inmate Darrell Standing, escapes the horror of prison life—and long stretches in a straitjacket—by withdrawing into vivid dreams ...read more »
“The Valley of the Moon” traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Central and N...read more »
Even as a pup, he is different from his brothers: A large gray cub among a litter of red-haired puppies, with a quicker bite and heavier paw. When he le...read more »