IN YEDDO BAY by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
A 16 year-old American sailor finds himself with no money to get back out to his ship and learns a valuable lesson. STORIES BY JACK LONDON BEST OF JACK LONDON. JACK LONDON PODCAST.
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BULLS by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Jack London's autobiographical story covering the years when he traveled with hoboes. Bulls was and is the hobo expression for police, who were often rough on hoboes. Tune in to 1001 Heroes podcast for "KING OF THE ROAD"- the story of American hoboes yesterday and today. STORIES BY JACK LONDON BEST OF JACK LONDON JACK LONDON PODCAST
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WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
A classic Jack London short story in which a Hawaiian women is persuaded by a fiery preacher to bare her soul of all she knows about the town and its personal histories.
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KOOLAU THE LEPER by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
Koolau The Leper by Jack London is the story of the leader of a leper colony in Hawaii that is refusing to have his people be moved to what they believe is a prison on Molokai. It is a powerful story of courage in the face of death, and takes the time to show the horrors of leprosy, which existed in Hawaii at that time, and the social injustices that were being committed upon the Hawaiian people by the haolies (whites) who came to the islands and assumed ownership through the dispensation of religion and ru
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THE GREAT INTERROGATION by JACK LONDON
1001 Best of Jack London
A wealthy widow hires a sled team to find her old lover at a remote destination in the Yukon, but her plans to get him back fall short when she finds him in the company of an Indian woman. Tense dialog and an excellent story line make this a classic well worth enjoying.
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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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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.