The Son of the Wolf

By Jack London

Originally published in Overland Monthly in April 1899, The Son of the Wolf is written by famous American author, Jack London

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Classics
• Release date: Nov 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781627936620

Jack London

Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876, and was a prolific and successful writer until his death in 1916. During his lifetime he wrote novels, short stories and essays, and is best known for ‘The Call of the Wild’ and ‘White Fang’.

Reviews for The Son of the Wolf

[junipersun · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The cover on my original edition copy implied this would be a story about a young man and his dog, so I was surprised to find it was a collection of short stories, loosely connected, about whites during the Alaskan gold rush. Not appropriate for children, it depicts all the vices one might imagine at such a frontier. The historic, sexist view of women is quite noticeable.London is a good writer, but this is not a book I care to own.

[andyray_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

one can tell these stories were individually written for magazines before put together for this collection. Probably the easiest way to tell is, although they all involve the same characters and the same places, the mood of the writer is disjointed. There are some good pieces here, but the meloncholy mood of two of the pieces offsets enjoyment of the whole. still, if you are a London fan, this collection is a must. If you just luke-warm on his work, skip it.