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The Sea Wolf
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Sea Wolf
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jack London
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 171,Width 107 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780553212259
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| Classifications | Dewey:FIC |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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| Imprint |
Bantam Books Inc
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| Publication Date |
1 April 1984 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The Sea Wolf is Jack London's powerful and gripping saga of Humphrey Van Weyden, captured by a seal-hunting ship and now an unwilling sailor under its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen. The men who sailed with Larsen were treacherous outcasts, but the captain himself was the legendary Sea Wolf-a violent brute of a man. Jack London was a worshipper of the strong and virtuous hero, and a firm believer in the inevitable triumph of good. The master storyteller nowhere demonstrates this theme more vividly than in this classic American tale of peril and adventure, good and evil.
Author Biography
Jack London (1876-1916), by turns a renegade adventurer, a war correspondent, and an avowed socialist, first achieved fame with The Son of the Wolf (1900), a collection of short stories drawn from his experiences in the Klondike gold rush. "The greatest story Jack London ever wrote was the story he lived," said Alfred Kazin.
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