South Sea Tales (1911)
Encyclopedia
South Sea Tales is a collection of short stories written by Jack London
. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii
, or are set aboard a ship.
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...
. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, or are set aboard a ship.
List of Stories
- The House of Mapuhi
- The Whale Tooth
- Mauki
- "Yah! Yah! Yah!"
- The Heathen
- The Terrible Solomons
- The Inevitable White Man
- The Seed of McCoy