Night-Born

This 1913 collection of short stories contains some of Jack London's best tales, including: "e;The Night-born"e;, "e;The Madness of John Harned"e;, "e;When the World was Young"e;, "e;The Benefit of the Doubt"e;, "e;Winged Blackmail"e;, "e;Bunches of Knuckles"e;, "e;War"e;, "e;Under the Deck Awnings"e;, "e;To Kill a Man"e;, and "e;The Mexican"e;. John Griffith London (1876 - 1916), commonly known as Jack London, was an American journalist, social activist, and novelist. He was an early pioneer of commercial magazine fiction, becoming one of the first globally-famous celebrity writers who were able to earn a large amount of money from their writing. London is famous for his contributions to early science fiction and also notably belonged to "e;The Crowd"e;, a literary group an Francisco known for its radical members and ideas. These fantastic stories are highly recommended for lovers of the form and constitute must-reads for fans of London's writing. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.