South Sea Tales

"e;South Sea Tales"e; is a fantastic 1911 collection of short stories written by Jack London, most of which centre around island communities or life abroad a ship. The stories include: "e;The House of Mapuhi"e;, "e;The Whale Tooth"e;, "e;Mauki"e;, "e;'Yah! Yah! Yah!'"e;, "e;The Heathen"e;, "e;The Terrible Solomons"e;, "e;The Inevitable White Man"e;, and "e;The Seef of McCoy"e;. This volume will not disappoint lovers of the short story form, and it constitutes a must-read for fans and collectors of London's seminal work. 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. Other notable works by this author include: "e;Martin Eden"e; (1909), "e;The Kempton-Wace Letters"e; (1903), and "e;The Call of the Wild"e; (1903). 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.