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The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories Mass market paperbound - 2013
by Jack London; Afterword by Ben Bova; Introduction by Earle Labor
One of the best sea novels ever written, "The Sea-Wolf" tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. Also in this volume are the stories "The Law of Life," "The One Thousand Dozen," "All Gold Canyon," and "Moon-Face." Includes a new Introduction and an Afterword written by award-winning author Bova. Revised reissue.
Summary
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a wary eye, he watches the vessel’s abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, an enigma who can abandon two sailors on the open water, then return to reading the moral philosophers. One of the best sea novels ever written, The Sea-Wolf tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation.
Also in this volume, The Law of Life,” The One Thousand Dozen,” All Gold Canyon,” and Moon-Face” offer more riveting action and adventure. In these tales, London’s descriptions of the natives, the northern dogs, and even the tundra capture the essence of the exuberant life he experienced firsthand.
Also in this volume, The Law of Life,” The One Thousand Dozen,” All Gold Canyon,” and Moon-Face” offer more riveting action and adventure. In these tales, London’s descriptions of the natives, the northern dogs, and even the tundra capture the essence of the exuberant life he experienced firsthand.
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- Title The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories
- Author Jack London; Afterword by Ben Bova; Introduction by Earle Labor
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book
- Date 2013-06-04
- ISBN 9780451415851 / 045141585X
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 6.6 x 4.5 x 1.05 in (16.76 x 11.43 x 2.67 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Library of Congress subjects Sea stories, Ship captains
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013404445
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
“He was a writer who excelled in describing cruelty, whose main theme indeed was the cruelty of Nature, or at any rate of contemporary life.…Life is a savage struggle, and victory has nothing to do with justice.”—George Orwell
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