The Cruise of the Dazzler (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Jack London

Published in 1902, this novel, set in old San Francisco Bay, follows the adventures of the Frisco Kid, a resourceful youth who makes his way in the world by means not always entirely legal.  London based much of the novel on his own experiences growing up, known as a dangerous bay pirate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411443211

Jack London

Jack London was born in San Francisco on January 12th 1876, the unwanted child of a spiritualist mother and astrologer father. He was raised by Virginia Prentiss, a former slave, before rejoining his mother and her new husband, John London. Largely self-educated, the teenage Jack made money stealing oysters and working on a schooner before briefly studying at the University of Berkeley in 1896. He left to join the Klondike Gold Rush a year later, a phenomenon that would go on to form the background of his literary masterpieces, The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Alongside his novel writing London dabbled in war reportage, agriculture and politics. He was married twice and had two daughters from his first marriage. London died in 1916 from complications of numerous chronic illnesses.

Reviews for The Cruise of the Dazzler (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

[bruce_deming_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sailing story starting out and with many chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area

[zungwini · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Farewell present, primary school "Michaelis", signed by F. Wittenberg (head master) - 04/12/1974