Children of the Frost Jack London 9781490913131 Books
Download As PDF : Children of the Frost Jack London 9781490913131 Books
A classic collection of short stories, featuring the following IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH, THE LAW OF LIFE, NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS, THE MASTER OF MYSTERY, THE SUNLANDERS, THE SICKNESS OF LONE CHIEF, KEESH, THE SON OF KEESH, THE DEATH OF LIGOUN, LI WAN, THE FAIR, THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN.
Children of the Frost Jack London 9781490913131 Books
giftProduct details
|
Tags : Children of the Frost [Jack London] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A classic collection of short stories, featuring the following: IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH, THE LAW OF LIFE,Jack London,Children of the Frost,CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,1490913130,FICTION Classics
People also read other books :
- The Prince Nicolo Machiavelli WK Marriott 9781542708111 Books
- Clydesdales 2016 Calendar 12 x 12in Browntrout Publishers 9781465043306 Books
- History of the United States Beard Charles A Charles Austin 9781318825998 Books
- Gozar la vida Spanish Spanish Edition edition by Fernando Aguilar Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
- Alan Shearer Fifty Defining Fixtures eBook Tony Matthews
Children of the Frost Jack London 9781490913131 Books Reviews
This collection of stories, though set in the frozen wastes of the Yukon during the "Gold Rush", is timeless. As man and his technologies advance and his search for wealth continues, time-honored and primitive ways are pushed aside. London expertly illustrates this same experience through the indigenous peoples of the north and the "white" man. He makes it easy for the reader to identify with the native's point of view, and to understand the perplexity they experienced dealing with these strange new men with "fire in their blood". London puts the reader at the council fire of great chiefs, in the canoes of warriors, and in the lodges of mysterious shamans and "medicine" men. These stories are not only about man's struggle with nature, but with other men and perhaps the most difficult...himself. After reading these stories, I felt myself wanting to up and leave all traces of modern civilization behind. I wanted to build an igloo, put on a sealskin coat, and carve things on ivory tusks in front of a roaring fire!
Jack London's writing is famous with good reason. One of the lines that caught me early on in this series of short stories was "The world's explorers have known it, from time to time, but hitherto they have never returned to tell the world."
Part of what got me thinking about stories about Eskimos and the great frozen North was the reopening of the mythical northwest passage, and these stories capture that sense of the finale frontier, the cultures we are still getting to know and discover, and bring to life that sense of exploration, in its many facets.
I really enjoyed this, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I'm a huge Jack London fan. This is not a book like Call of the Wild or Martin Eden. Rather, it consists of short vignettes that are, on their immediate face, about indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest. Really, though, the vignettes describe the human condition in general, from greed and spite to love and loyalty--and everything in between. Loved it.
gift
0 Response to "∎ PDF Children of the Frost Jack London 9781490913131 Books"
Post a Comment