In Jack London's 1910 story Before Adam a young boy dreams that he is living the life of an early hominid, giving human evolution an early and entertaining portrayal. The hominid he dreams through is one of the Cave People and the story tells us also of the Fire People, the Tree People, the hominid's love interest and a sabre-cat.
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ISBN: 978-1-62011-196-3

No other writer before or since has been able to capture the awe-inspiring ferocity of the Western American landscape like Jack London. This fictionalized account of the Yukon gold rush offers painstakingly researched historical insights and plenty of fast-paced action.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-024-8

Although Jack London is best remembered as a fiction writer who chronicled the power of nature and the American West, he also dabbled in psychological drama over the course of his career. John Barleycorn is an engrossing novel based heavily on London's personal struggles with alcoholism.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-025-5

Travel around the world with Jack London, the famed master of the action-adventure genre who penned the beloved novel Call of the Wild. This collection of rollicking and thought-provoking tales includes some of London's best-known short works. In the title story, an intrepid Yukon explorer uses his wits to escape the clutches of his nefarious captors.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-234-1

Although best known for his novel Call of the Wild, Jack London was a talented and prolific writer whose fiction spanned multiple genres. For its time, London's work also displayed a rare degree of experimentation with narrative form. Although Smoke Bellew is a traditional novel on many levels, it also plays with structure in interesting ways. Some literary experts point out that Smoke Bellew may more accurately be described as a series of interconnected short stories featuring the same title character than a novel. A must-read for fans of the action-adventure genre.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-223-5

Take a voyage through the Pacific in this series of tales from Jack London, one of the foremost chroniclers of the American West. Set in a variety of locales in, around, and off the coast of San Francisco, the short stories and sketches collected in this volume are sure to please fans of fast-paced outdoor adventures, California culture, and travel writing.
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ISBN: 978-1-62012-076-7