THE SUNLANDERS by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
The people who inhabit the tiny obscure village of Mandel on the rim of the polar sea try to deal with the problems and changes in their culture caused by outsiders- the men who come in ships and by dog-sleds- the "sunlanders"- as they call them.
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1001 HEROES & 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES ARE 100% FAMILY & HONOR THEMED NOW THRU DEC 31 SEE NOTES
1001 Best of Jack London
The Holidays are approaching and at 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast our shows themes every Sunday will be turning to FAMILY and HONOR -SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING FAMILY TOGETHER, RECONNECTING , SEEKING CLOSURE ON ACCOUNT OF LOST ONES, seeking justice, KEEPING THE PEACE. HONORING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND BUILDING NEW RELATIONSHIPS. A FEW EXAMPLES: AT 1001 HEROES WE BRING NEW EPISODS EVERY Sunday at noon eastern and a ‘best of “listener favorite every Thursday night at 9PM ET- MOST OF THESE Best ofs...
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AT THE RAINBOW'S END and CHUN AH CHUN by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Two great Jack London short stories- one from the Klondike, and one from Hawaii. Enjoy!
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A RELIC OF THE PLIOCENE by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
An Alaskan hunter stops at a remote cabin far out on the outskirts of known country and tells our narrator an incredible tale of coming across a bull mammoth that killed his dog and her pups. Knowing that mammoths have been considered extinct for millions of years, our narrator asks the hunter to complete the story, which he does, telling of how he chased the mammoth into a box canyon and used only his brain to outwit and outlast the giant beast.
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AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
A hot air balloon pilot encounters trouble with a stowaway misbehaving boy.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD (FINAL CHAPTER-7)
1001 Best of Jack London
Final Chapter: Buck finally responds to the call he has been hearing, and roams free with a wolfpack, until he senses a desperate need to return to John Thornton.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD (CHAPS 5-6) JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
The Call of the Wild is an adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial...
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THE CALL OF THE WILD (CHAP 4) JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
The next morning, Francois discovers Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. The dog-driver harnesses the dogs. Buck trots over to the space Spitz used to occupy, but Francois does not notice him and harnesses Sol-leks to the lead position. Buck lunges at Sol-leks, but Francois drags him away by the scruff of the neck. Sol-leks shows that he is afraid of Buck and does not mind giving up the position, but Francois comes back with the club. Buck retreats but then refuses to take his old position—he is making it clear, Francois realizes, that he thinks that he has earned the lead position...
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THE CALL OF THE WILD (CHAPTER 3) by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Chapter 3: Buck is blind sided by Spitz as their camp is attacked by a horde of wild and starving dogs. Becoming more and more a wild animal himself. Buck looks for the right opportunity to settle matters with Spitz.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD (CHAPTER 2) by JACK LONDON (Now playing Sun-Wed-Fri)
1001 Best of Jack London
Chapter 2: Buck becomes a sled dog in Alaska and quickly has to learn how to survive the other dogs and the brutal cold.
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Short review by Evan C. Lewis
“The Unexpected is true to its name, full of twists and turns.”
The Unexpected is true to its name, full of twists and turns. But these surprises don’t just come in the form of dramatic plot events, they also come in an unexpected change of tone. Because, while in the beginning, the story seems set to become a thriller, it instead becomes a literary piece on morality and willpower.
This is the best of Jack London using hardship to test his protagonist. Rather than the central tension revolving around the protagonist fighting her adversity, it revolves around her struggle to keep to her morals while doing so. She makes an ethical decision to do something the right way, despite everything pushing her to take the easy way out. It’s interesting, perhaps not very surprising, that this narrative choice would occur in one of the very few stories of the earliest 20th century with a female protagonist.
Similar to Jack London’s survival adventures such as To Build a Fire and Love of Life, the story is filled with exhaustion, hunger, cold and pain. But in The Unexpected, it mostly takes place inside of a cabin with the forces behind the suffering, rather than being wind, snow, and sickness; being other people.
The unexpected pushes forward an idea that life should be a struggle. As tumultuous and traumatising as the protagonist Edith’s life is shown to be, the introduction philosophises that it is a much more human, much more worthwhile life to lead than one of complacency.
But the ending paints no clear picture, with no sign of heroic triumph or a return to safety. Life goes on, it seems to say. Whether you like it or not.
“The effect of civilization is to impose human law upon environment until it becomes machine-like in its regularity.” - The Narrator
But the Great Unexpected was yet to come into her life and put its test upon her.