THE MADNESS OF JOHN HARNED by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
A wealthy Ecuadorian landowner attends a bullfight with his American cousin and both see it differently...
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THE LEOPARD MAN'S STORY by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Our narrator relates the time he tried to get a life story from a lion tamer and the man relates the time he witnessed a murder of another lion tamer by the jealous husband of one of the performers. Join us whereevr great podcasts are found or at www.bestof1001stories.com.
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A PIECE OF STEAK by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Jack London wrote this great short story based upon experience he had gained as a boxing manager and promoter in Alaska and later in life. It first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909, and tells the story of an aging prize fighter who is down on his luck and too broke to eat any decent food the night before he enters a winner take all bout with a rising young star. One good piece of steak would have made all the difference.
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BALD FACE and JAN THE UNREPENTANT
1001 Best of Jack London
Bald Face- An old prospector shares a tale of running into two grizzly bears he calls "Bald Face" and, failing to scare them off the trail, ends up running for his life
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THE NIGHT-BORN by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
From our new collection at 1001's Best of Jack London- Three men meet at a San Francisco bar to reminisce about their experiences in the Yukon years before- and one of them recalls a woman that he met "1000 miles from anywhere" living with a tribe of Indians in the sub-arctic. She was a white woman- and her story was incredible. She had known she was "night-born"- born to seek adventure and the romance of the wild- and she had found it. He had fallen in love with her...and he shares their story.
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OUR HAWAII (PT 2) (Islands & Islanders) Jack and Charmaine London
1001 Best of Jack London
Jack provides some interesting island history and relates why so many people fall in love with Hawaii. To catch all 12 podcasts visit us at www.bestof1001stories.com!
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OUR HAWAII (ISLANDS & ISLANDERS) (PT 1) CHARMIAN AND JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
In the winter of 1915-1916 Jack and his wife Charmian London sailed their Snark to Hawaii, It was a bittersweet return to paradise for both of them, Jack have come there twice before, one of those times with Charmaine. But this was his last year of life, and he wanted to spend it on the islands he loved the most. In what we call part 1, Charmian adds a preface and Jack begins a two part story of how Hawaii became an American territory- taking time to extoll the virtues of their terrific surfing and fishing sports. Link to Best of Jack London (APPLE PODCASTS): Links to...
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THE SUN DOG TRAIL by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
"The Sun Dog Trail" by Jack London: In this tense Jack London short story, set in the harsh wilderness of the Alaskan Yukon, an Indian guide named Sitka Charlie is paid by a white woman to take her on a dangerous journey 1,500 miles by sled on the trail of man that takes them to the Bering Straits.
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ALOHA OE by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
"Aloha Oe" by Jack London is the story of a young girl who has accompanied her father on a senator's junket to Hawaii, befriends a young man with Hawaiian blood, and learns a hard lesson about the divisions between race and class. .
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THANKSGIVING ON SLAV CREEK by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
The 1897 Yukon Gold Rush was not for the feint of heart, as one husband and wife were to be reminded again when word of a gold find broke out in Dawson, and hundreds of prospectors packed their robes and equipment and began the long trek through -60 degree cold for a chance at finding gold. Check out our new website at and give us a follow at our new Twitter address- @1001stories
info_outlineA suspenseful story of selfishness and betrayal as a young woman encounters a burglar in her home who feels her father owes him an unpaid debt.