Tales of the Gold Rush

This collection contains some of the greatest novels and stories written by Jack London. All of them are tales of the Great Gold Rush, inspired by and based on author's own experience working as a gold miner in Klondike._x000D_ Content:_x000D_ Novels_x000D_ The Call of the Wild_x000D_ White Fang_x000D_ Burning Daylight_x000D_ Short Stories_x000D_ Son of the Wolf_x000D_ The White Silence_x000D_ The Son of the Wolf_x000D_ The Men of Forty Mile_x000D_ In a Far Country_x000D_ To the Man on the Trail_x000D_ The Priestly Prerogative_x000D_ The Wisdom of the Trail_x000D_ The Wife of a King_x000D_ An Odyssey of the North_x000D_ The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke_x000D_ The God of His Fathers_x000D_ The Great Interrogation_x000D_ Which Make Men Remember_x000D_ Siwash_x000D_ The Man with the Gash_x000D_ Jan, the Unrepentant_x000D_ Grit of Women_x000D_ Where the Trail Forks_x000D_ A Daughter of the Aurora_x000D_ At the Rainbow's End_x000D_ The Scorn of Women_x000D_ Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences._x000D_

Jack London (1876–1916) stands among the most enduring American authors, whose literary contributions capture the intersection of naturalism, socialism, and the American frontier spirit. Born in San Francisco, London's early life was fraught with financial hardship and labor. These formative experiences would come to shape the raw, survivalist themes that pervade his body of work. He ventured into the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, an adventure that furnished material for his Gold Rush stories. Notable among these is the collection 'Tales of the Gold Rush,' which paints a rugged picture of the North and its myriad characters, drawing heavily on London's personal encounters (London, 1910).

London's literary style is characterized by a stark realism and deep empathy for the struggles of man and beast alike. Works such as 'The Call of the Wild' (1903) and 'White Fang' (1906) epitomize his fascination with the raw power of nature and the intrinsic will to survive. London was also a prolific writer of short stories, essays, and journalism, his work touching on a breadth of themes from adventure and peril, to commentary on contemporary social issues. His direct, accessible prose and ability to evoke the extremes of the human condition leave a lasting imprint on American literature.