Jack London's San Francisco Stories
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Jack London's San Francisco Stories is an anthology
of Jack London
short stories set in the San Francisco Bay Area
. The book was edited by Matthew Asprey. The preface is a reprint of Rodger Jacobs'
2003 essay Ghost Land, a personal meditation on Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, CA. The anthology is published by Sydney Samizdat Press through Amazon.com
's CreateSpace print on demand
service. A large print edition is also available.
and The Sea-Wolf
. The overlooked 1905 story cycle Tales of the Fish Patrol is included in its entirety. London's vivid eyewitness report of the Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire - which destroyed forever the old city - stands as a fitting epilogue."
The cover of the collection reproduces a photograph of Market Street in San Francisco circa 1900.
Rodger Jacobs
discussed the book in an article for the Las Vegas Sun
on September 26, 2010 and in an interview with Montreal's La Presse
on November 20, 2010.
San Francisco writer Don Herron reviewed the book on January 27, 2011. He said: "A meaty compactly packaged book. If you don’t have these stories, a great intro to a city that was lost in the 1906 quake and fire, by the most famous author born in town."
Preface by Rodger Jacobs
Introduction by Matthew Asprey
I. YOUTH
II. TALES OF THE FISH PATROL
III. THE BAY AREA
IV. SAN FRANCISCO PAST AND FUTURE
EPILOGUE: 18 April 1906
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
of Jack London
Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
short stories set in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. The book was edited by Matthew Asprey. The preface is a reprint of Rodger Jacobs'
Rodger Jacobs
Rodger Jacobs is an American journalist, writer, author, film producer, columnist, playwright, editor and screenwriter.Jacobs has been a journalist for publications such as Eye Magazine, Hustler and PopMatters...
2003 essay Ghost Land, a personal meditation on Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, CA. The anthology is published by Sydney Samizdat Press through Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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's CreateSpace print on demand
Print on demand
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service. A large print edition is also available.
Background
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876 and wrote about the Bay Area repeatedly throughout his career. Those stories have never been previously collected in a single Bay Area-themed volume. As the back cover copy of the book states, "Although famous for his stories of the Klondike and the Pacific, London wrote extensively about his home base. This collection contains such classic stories as 'The Apostate' and 'South of the Slot' as well as extracts from John BarleycornJohn Barleycorn (novel)
John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".- Themes :...
and The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him...
. The overlooked 1905 story cycle Tales of the Fish Patrol is included in its entirety. London's vivid eyewitness report of the Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire - which destroyed forever the old city - stands as a fitting epilogue."
The cover of the collection reproduces a photograph of Market Street in San Francisco circa 1900.
Rodger Jacobs
Rodger Jacobs
Rodger Jacobs is an American journalist, writer, author, film producer, columnist, playwright, editor and screenwriter.Jacobs has been a journalist for publications such as Eye Magazine, Hustler and PopMatters...
discussed the book in an article for the Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Sun
The Las Vegas Sun is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper. It is one of Las Vegas, Nevada's two daily newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group....
on September 26, 2010 and in an interview with Montreal's La Presse
La Presse
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on November 20, 2010.
San Francisco writer Don Herron reviewed the book on January 27, 2011. He said: "A meaty compactly packaged book. If you don’t have these stories, a great intro to a city that was lost in the 1906 quake and fire, by the most famous author born in town."
Contents
The collection is divided into four parts with an epilogue.Preface by Rodger Jacobs
Introduction by Matthew Asprey
I. YOUTH
- from John BarleycornJohn Barleycorn (novel)John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".- Themes :...
- The Apostate
- From ‘Small-Boat Sailing’
- To Repel Boarders
- from John BarleycornJohn Barleycorn (novel)John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".- Themes :...
II. TALES OF THE FISH PATROL
- White and Yellow
- The King of the Greeks
- A Raid on the Oyster Pirates
- The Siege of the ‘Lancashire Queen’
- Charley’s Coup
- Demetrios Contos
- Yellow Handkerchief
III. THE BAY AREA
- The Banks of the Sacramento
- An Adventure in the Upper Sea
- Winged Blackmail
- When the World Was Young
- The Prodigal Father
- Benefit of the Doubt
IV. SAN FRANCISCO PAST AND FUTURE
- from John BarleycornJohn Barleycorn (novel)John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".- Themes :...
- from The Sea-WolfThe Sea-WolfThe Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collision who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him...
- South of the Slot
- The Dream of Debs
EPILOGUE: 18 April 1906
- The Story of an Eyewitness
External links
- Jack London's San Francisco Stories Official book website.