Jack London Short Stories "An artist of violent action... London's most characteristic tales have the graphic power of the best cinema." —James Dickey "London was a great gobbler-up of the world. went to a place and wrote his dreams into it the kind of writer who —E. L. Doctorow "Give his stories to your sons and daughters, and for strong pleasure, read him again yourself." -Los Angeles Times Book Review T he Short Stories of Jack London stands as the most complete and comprehensive edition of his short fiction ever published. This one-volume collection, containing fifty short stories, authorized by the London estate, demonstrates, seventy-five years after the author's death, the extraordinary range of his achievement and stands as a testament to his appeal. The author of Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf, London (1876-1916) was an extremely gifted writer, bringing his own sense of rugged individualism, adventure, wanderlust, and daydreaming to his art. Beginning with "Story of a Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan," written in 1893, and concluding with "The Water Baby," finished not long before his death, this selection also contains pieces out of print for almost half a century. The Short Stories of Jack London is an ideal gift book, an indispensable reference for scholars, and a source of continual enjoyment, not only for the legions of London fans, both young and old, but for all readers of classic American literature. Edited by the noted London scholars Earle Labor, Robert C. Leitz Ill, and 1. Milo Shepard, who co-edited the highly acclaimed The Letters of Jack London, this edition contains an introduction to the general reader, chronology, notes, and bibliography.