It was the green heart of the canyon, where the walls swerved back from the rigid plan and relieved their harshness of line by making a little sheltered nook and filling it to the brim with sweetness and roundness and softness. Here all things rested. Even the narrow stream ceased its turbulent down-rush long enough to form a quiet pool. Knee-deep in the water, with drooping head and half-shut eyes, drowsed a red-coated, many-antlered buck.

Jack London (geb. 12. Januar 1876 in San Francisco als John Griffith Chaney; gest. 22. November 1916 in Glen Ellen, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Journalist.