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Mackenzie, den alle nur den "Grindigen" nennen, fristet ein hartes Leben im Grenzland des Yukon, wo die Winter hart und entbehrungsreich sind. Eines Tages macht er sich auf die Suche nach einer Frau - und wird ausgerechnet bei der Tochter des Häuptlings eines Indianerstammes fündig.

A story that takes place during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang is a wild wolf-dog hybrid who, through a series of dramatic twists and turns, grows to become a savage, callous, morose, solitary, and deadly fighter. But one day his life starts to change when a loving master named Weedon Scott, a rich, young gold hunter, buys him and starts a desperate attempt to tame White Fang.

Die Fortsetzung von "Alaska Kid“ präsentiert trotz des Titels eher Solo-Abenteuer des zum erfahrenen Goldsucher gereiften Chris Bellew und einige dieser Geschichten wurden im düsteren Mehrteiler "Lockruf des Goldes“ verfilmt. Daneben steht aber auch die (bereits in "Alaska Kid“ erwähnte) Affäre mit dem Eiermonopol, die für den Hörer weitaus spaßiger ist als für die Hauptfiguren selbst.

Beau chien robuste, Buck mène une existence paisible auprès de son maître en Californie. Sa vie bascule le jour où il est enlevé et vendu à un marchand de chiens de traîneau. Arrivé dans le Grand Nord, il découvre le froid, la violence et la souffrance. Dans ce monde de glace et de sang, Buck retrouve peu à peu ses instincts primitifs...

Jack London—author of The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Sea Wolf—was among the most highly regarded and most successful writers of the early 20th century. This is a collection of eight of his best short stories.

Jack London est un personnage extraordinaire, complexe, fort et fragile, un aventurier, le genre d'homme dont on peut dire qu'il a tout fait, tout vécu. Tour à tour "pilleur d'huitres, barreur de navires, chercheur d'or, écrivain besogneux, vagabond et grand buveur devant l'éternel!"* Il laisse derrière lui une œuvre colossale. Grand voyageur il a connu le froid du grand nord et le soleil des îles Salomon, la chasse aux phoques en Corée et les matches de boxe à San Francisco, les lépreux à Hawaï et les pauvres à Londres.

Humphrey van Weyden, ein Mittedreißiger, "der sich nicht ganz ohne Erfolg als Kunstbetrachter in der Literatur versucht hatte", wird nach einem Schiffsunglück in der Bucht von San Francisco von dem Robbenfänger "Ghost" aufgefischt. Doch anstatt ihn im nächsten Hafen an Land zu setzen, macht Kapitän Wolf Larsen den Literaten zum Küchenjungen, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkste.

A collection of eight short stories from American author, journalist, and social activist Jack London. Written during his 'Klondike' period, the title story 'Love of Life' follows the trek of a prospector across the Canadian tundra.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE WHITE MAN'S WAY: "To cook by your fire and to sleep under your roof for the night," I had announced on entering old Ebbits's cabin; and he had looked at me blear-eyed and vacuous, while Zilla had favored me with a sour face and a contemptuous grunt.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. THE STORY OF KEESH: 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 live that only the old men remember his name, his name and the tale, which they got from the old men before them, and which the old men to come will tell to their children and their children's children down to the end of time.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE SUN-DOG TRAIL: 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 him.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. THE UNEXPECTED: It is a simple matter to see the obvious, to do the expected. The tendency of the individual life is to be static rather than dynamic, and this tendency is made into a propulsion by civilization, where the obvious only is seen, and the unexpected rarely happens.

The story proper begins with Avis Everhard, a daughter of a renowned physicist, John Cunningham, and future wife of socialist Ernest Everhard. At first, Avis Everhard does not agree with Ernest's assertion that the whole contemporary social system is based on exploitation of labour. She proceeds to investigate the conditions the workers live in and those terrible conditions make her change her mind and accept Ernest's worldview. Similarly, Bishop Morehouse does not initially believe in the horrors described by Ernest but then becomes convinced of their truth and is confined to a madhouse.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. NEGORE, THE COWARD: He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded Russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people.

They limped painfully down the bank, and once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks. They were tired and weak, and their faces had the drawn expression of patience which comes of hardship long endured. They were heavily burdened with blanket packs which were strapped to their shoulders. Head-straps, passing across the forehead, helped support these packs. Each man carried a rifle. They walked in a stooped posture, the shoulders well forward, the head still farther forward, the eyes bent upon the ground.

Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight", was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States, he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. BROWN WOLF: 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 grass and in and out among the orchard trees.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. A DAY'S LODGING: It was the gosh-dangdest stampede I ever seen. A thousand dog-teams hittin' the ice. You couldn't see 'm fer smoke. Two white men an' a Swede froze to death that night, an' there was a dozen busted their lungs. But didn't I see with my own eyes the bottom of the water-hole? It was yellow with gold like a mustard-plaster. That's why I staked the Yukon for a minin' claim. That's what made the stampede. An' then there was nothin' to it.

Als Schiffbrüchiger gerät der gebildete van Weyden auf den Robbenfänger "Ghost" unter dem berüchtigten Kapitän Wolf Larsen, der den Literaten zum Küchenjungen macht, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkere. Voller Abscheu und doch auch fasziniert erlebt van Weyden, wie sich bei diesem Mann tierhafte Kraft und Schönheit mit einer gänzlich skrupellosen und zynisch materialistischen Weltanschauung verbinden. Der Konflikt zwischen einem zynisch-brutalen Kapitän und einem Schiffbrüchigen.

In diesem spannenden Roman beschreibt Jack London einen herausragenden Mann: Goldgräber in Alaska, Minenbesitzer, Börsenspekulant und Gründer des modernen San Francisco. Ein langer Weg, bis er sein Glück und seine Liebe bei Dede Mason findet. Burning Daylight hat tatsächlich existiert und Jack London als Vorlage gedient - Jack Londons sozialdarwinistische Vorstellungen vom Überleben in der Natur, einer seiner besten Romane.