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The Son of the Wolf

The Son of the Wolf

London, Jack

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Sports General

ISBN10: 1387152440
ISBN13: 9781387152445
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Aug 8 2017
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes. The Son of the Wolf (excerpt) Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. He has no conception of the subtle atmosphere exhaled by the sex feminine, so long as he bathes in it; but let it be withdrawn, and an ever-growing void begins to manifest itself in his existence, and he becomes hungry, in a vague sort of way, for a something so indefinite that he cannot characterize it. If his comrades have no more experience than himself, they will shake their heads dubiously and dose him with strong physic. But the hunger will continue and become stronger...

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