... and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the unsuspected qualities of exceptional women and on the complex relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes. 1901 The God of His Fathers 1902 Children of the Frost 1902 The Cruise of the Dazzle These ... Tales of the Fish Patrol 1906 Moon-Face and Other Stories Jack London's marvelous story-telling skills were never more evident than in his short stories. These eight tales are unlike many of London's other stories in that they do not draw on his personal experiences. Instead, ... Minions of Midas", "The Shadow and...

• Word Count: 1888
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... of everything soft and gentle. This tests his imaginatively ideas about life (Bryan 1814). In Jack London's literary career he was known as a novelist, short story writer, and political essayist. He worked at a succession of odd jobs, including at the salmon cannery, an Oyster pirate, patrol agent of San ... published posthumously. His most notable books include The Call of the Wild (originally entitled "The Sleeping Wolf") which was published in 1903, The Iron Heel, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf (originally entitled "Mercy of the Sea"), The People of the Abyss (a sociological treatise about t...

• Word Count: 1996
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... writer in America in the first decade of the 20th century. He is best known for his books, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and a few short stories, such as "To Build a Fire" and "The White Silence." He was a productive writer whose fiction traveled through three lands and their cultures such as the Yukon, California, and the South Pacific ... in The Son of the Wolf (1900), Children of the Frost (1902), Smoke Bellew (1912). Although The Call of the Wild (1903) brought him lots of fame , many of his short stories also became famous, like The People of the Abyss (1903),...

• Word Count: 680
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... writer in America in the first decade of the 20th century. He is best known for his books, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and a few short stories, such as "To Build a Fire" and "The White Silence." He was a productive writer whose fiction traveled through three lands and their cultures such as the Yukon, California, and the South Pacific ... in The Son of the Wolf (1900), Children of the Frost (1902), Smoke Bellew (1912). Although The Call of the Wild (1903) brought him lots of fame , many of his short stories also became famous, like The People of the Abyss (1903),...

• Word Count: 680
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School