Tales of the Fish Patrol by Jack London, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure - Softcover

London, Jack

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9781598184402: Tales of the Fish Patrol by Jack London, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure

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ISBN 10: 1598184407 ISBN 13: 9781598184402

Publisher: Aegypan, 2005

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From "White and Yellow": San Francisco Bay is so large that often its storms are more disastrous to ocean-going craft than is the ocean itself in its violent moments. The waters of the bay contain all manner of fish, wherefore its surface is plowed by the keels of all manner of fishing boats manned by all manner of fishermen. To protect the fish from this motley floating population many wise laws have been passed, and there is a fish patrol to see that these laws are enforced. Exciting times are the lot of the fish patrol: in its history more than one dead patrolman has marked defeat, and more often dead fishermen across their illegal nets have marked success.

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About the Author:

John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North" and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen" and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf.

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Included in this volume are "White and Yellow," "The King of the Greeks," "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates," "The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen", "Charley's Coup," "Demetrios Contos," and "Yellow Handkerchief."

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