Archives for London, Jack

Bald-Face by Jack London

Published On Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
Bald-Face  by Jack London "Talkin' of bear——" The Klondike King paused meditatively, and the group on the hotel porch hitched their chairs up closer.   "Talkin' of bear," he went on, "now up in the Northern Country there are various kinds. On the Little Pelly, for instance, they come down ...

The Story of Keesh by Jack London

Published On Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
The Story of Keesh by Jack London Keesh lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea, was head man of his village through many and prosperous years, and died full of honors with his name on the lips of men.  So long ago did he ...

The Bank of the Sacramento by Jack London

Published On Saturday, January 15, 2011. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
The Bank of the Sacramento  by Jack London   "And it's blow, ye winds, heigh-ho, For Cal-i-for-ni-o; For there's plenty of gold so I've been told, On the banks of the Sacramento!" It was only a little boy, singing in a shrill treble the sea chantey which seamen sing the wide world ...

When God Laughs by Jack London

Published On Friday, November 19, 2010. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
WHEN GOD LAUGHS (with compliments to Harry Cowell) by Jack London   "The gods, the gods are stronger; time Falls down before them, all men's knees Bow, all men's prayers and sorrows climb Like incense toward them; yea, for these Are gods, Felise." Carquinez had relaxed finally. He stole a glance at the rattling ...

SMALL-BOAT SAILING by Jack London

Published On Tuesday, October 05, 2010. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
SMALL-BOAT SAILING  by Jack London A sailor is born, not made.  And by “sailor” is meant, not the average efficient and hopeless creature who is found to-day in the forecastle of deepwater ships, but the man who will take a fabric compounded of wood and iron and ...

Brown Wolf by Jack London

Published On Friday, August 27, 2010. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
Brown Wolf  by Jack London She had delayed, because of the dew-wet grass, in order to put on her overshoes, and when she emerged from the house found her waiting husband absorbed in the wonder of a bursting almond-bud.  She sent a questing glance across the tall ...

War by Jack London

Published On Friday, June 11, 2010. Under: Featured, London, Jack.
WAR by Jack London HE was a young man, not more than twenty-four or five, and he might have sat his horse with the careless grace of his youth had he not been so catlike and tense. His black eyes roved everywhere, catching the movements of twigs ...

Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan by Jack London

Published On Sunday, May 30, 2010. Under: London, Jack.
Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan by Jack London Jack London's first story, published at the age of seventeen It was four bells in the morning watch. We had just finished breakfast when the order came forward for the watch on deck to stand by to heave her ...

Diable — A Dog by Jack London

Published On Friday, April 30, 2010. Under: London, Jack.
Diable — A Dog (Later Named Batard) by Jack London Bâtard was a devil. This was recognized throughout the Northland. "Hell's Spawn" he was called by many men, but his master, Black Leclère, chose for him the shameful name "Bâtard." Now Black Leclère was also a devil, and ...

TO BUILD A FIRE by Jack London

Published On Friday, February 26, 2010. Under: Adventure, London, Jack.
TO BUILD A FIRE Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.  It was a steep ...