Lost Face - Softcover

London, Jack

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ISBN 10: 1408677261 ISBN 13: 9781408677261

Publisher: Waddell Press, 2008

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"Lost Face" is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. The title is taken from the name of the first story which follows a European traveler in Yukon who, through cunning and guile, escapes the torturous intentions of the natives. This marvelous collection is recommended for anyone who enjoys the short story form, and it constitutes a must-read for fans of London’s work. The stories of this collection include: “Lost Face”, “Trust”, “To Build a Fire”, “That Spot”, “Flush of Gold”, “The Passing of Marcus O’Brien”, and “The Wit of Porporuk”. John Griffith London (1876 - 1916) was an American journalist, author, and prominent social activist. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

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"Painted in broad, sweeping strokes, each tale is a tour de force."--"New York Times"

"Painted in broad, sweeping strokes, each tale is a tour de force." "New York Times""

"Painted in broad, sweeping strokes, each tale is a tour de force."--New York Times

About the Author:

John Griffith "Jack" London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction expos� The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes. In 1889, he began working 12 to 18 hours a day at Hickmott's Cannery. Seeking a way out, he borrowed money from his foster mother Virginia Prentiss, bought the sloop Razzle-Dazzle from an oyster pirate named French Frank, and became an oyster pirate. In 1893, he signed on to the sealing schooner Sophie Sutherland, bound for the coast of Japan. When he returned, the country was in the grip of the panic of '93 and Oakland was swept by labor unrest. After grueling jobs in a jute mill and a street-railway power plant, he joined Kelly's Army and began his career as a tramp. In 1894, he spent 30 days for vagrancy in the Erie County Penitentiary at Buffalo, New York. On July 12, 1897, London (aged 21) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. This was the setting for some of his first successful stories. His time in the Klondike, however, was detrimental to his health. Like so many other men who were malnourished in the goldfields, he developed scurvy.

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