Ir al contenido
Resultados de la búsqueda para: Jack London
Jack London books by SeaWolf Press were selected for sale by the Jack London Museum.A beautfiul?version?with the first edition cover and original illustrations. This edition is part of the?100th Anniversary Collection?honoring the 100th anniversary of Jack London's death in 1916. In his short 20-year career, he produced more than 50 books. The text and illustrations in this collection are taken from his early publications and the covers are replicas of the first edition covers. Fonts common 100 years ago are used--Century for the text and Bembo on the cover. The book's original format is matched as much as possible.ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS:?Published years after his death, this is a collection of Jack's short stories that were not previously published in any collection. Most of them are some of the first stories that he ever wrote. "Typhoon off the Coast of Japan" won a writing contest when he was 17. Many of these stories describe adventures on sealing schooners and other sailing vessels. One is set in the Klondike Gold Rush while another highlights climbing Half Dome in Yosemite. The final story is set in Me
Jack London books by SeaWolf Press were selected for sale by the Jack London Museum.A beautfiul?version?with the first edition cover and original frontispiece. This edition is part of the 100th Anniversary Collection honoring the 100th anniversary of Jack London's death in 1916. In his short 20-year career, he produced more than 50 books. The text and illustrations in this collection are taken from his early publications and the covers are replicas of the first edition covers. Fonts common 100 years ago are used--Century for the text and Bembo on the cover.The book's original format is matched as much as possible.First appearing in Popular Magazine in 1911, this story follows London?s previous tales about boxing which included The Game and ?A Piece of Steak?. In this story, a young boxer, Pat Glendon, is brought to San Francisco from a remote cabin in California to fight against more experienced fighters. He quickly enjoys success but soon learns about the corruption and dishonesty that permeates professional fighting.
Si bien es cierto que a lo largo de su trayectoria literaria Jack London (1876-1916) trató una gran diversidad de temas, la parte de su obra más característica, especialmente en lo que concierne a sus relatos, es la que corresponde a las experiencias acumuladas durante su estancia, en el invierno de 1897, en la región de Klondike, donde llegó arrastrado por la fiebre del oro que atrajo por entonces a Alaska a centenares de miles de americanos. Al igual que «Colmillo Blanco» (BT 8017), las dos narraciones incluidas en el presente volumen, LA LLAMADA DE LA NATURALEZA (1903) y BÂTARD (1902), corresponden a esta serie y se cuentan entre las más conocidas del autor. Protagonizados ambos por perros y magistrales en su género, estos relatos de London nos transportan a un mundo primigenio, quizá menos alejado de lo que desearíamos de nuestra propia civilización.
You're ready to write your book, but where to begin? Characters? Conflict? Dialogue? Story arc? In a lot of ways writing your book is like building a home or raising your child, efforts of love and patience that are hard enough in their own right but almost impossible without having a blueprint or the examples set by some devoted predecessors to show the way. Writing your book sounds like work, and it is - but you can do this. Los Angeles Book Festival Finalist, 2015. Let's start.
En la Patrulla Pesquera, relatos publicados en 1905 en la revista The Youth's Companion, encontramos la descripción de unos personajes singulares que entendían que en aquella bahía y en aquella época todo era válido, que la audacia y el valor eran los que determinaban las jerarquías, y que las mismas estratagemas, el todo vale, la trampa, el engaño, usan los protagonistas, veladores del orden, para poder detener a los infractores de una ley que no castiga tanto el robo como una pesca indiscriminada y, por lo tanto, salvaje.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.