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Stories of the far North

Title
Stories of the far North / edited by Jon Tuska.
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1998.

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Additional Authors
Tuska, Jon.
Description
xvii, 145 pages; 23 cm
Summary
A collection of stories on the 1896 Klondike gold rush. They range from Jack London's The League of the Old Men, on the collision of whites and Indians, to Robert Service's poem, The Trail of 'Ninety-Eight, on which "greed of gold possessed us; pity and love we forgot." The Northwestern story emerged full-blown from the pen of Jack London, and his "The League of Old Men" is a fitting introduction to these rigorous action tales, in which the inhospitable climate strips away civilized veneer and individuals must live or die by their cunning, instinct, and sometimes ruthlessness. The bond between man and dog and the character flaws revealed under the stresses of extreme isolation are just two of the classic themes explored in these works. The collection comes to a fitting climax of a century's worth of development with a new story by Tim Champlin, commissioned for this volume. Most of these stories were originally published in magazines and were heavily edited to meet space and style concerns. Stories of the Far North restores each work to its original form, uncut and as each author intended.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • American fiction > 20th century
  • Adventure stories, American
  • Western stories
  • American fiction
  • Klondike River Valley (Yukon) > Fiction
  • Northwest, Canadian > Fiction
  • Alaska > Fiction
  • Alaska
  • Canada > Canadian Northwest
  • Yukon > Klondike River Valley
Genre/Form
  • Western fiction.
  • Action and adventure fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Western stories.
Note
  • "Bison books"--Spine.
Contents
The league of the old men / Jack London -- The Trail of 'Ninety-eight (ballad) / Robert Service -- The test / Rex Beach -- The strength of men / James Oliver Curwood -- The man who goes alone / Max Brand -- The great hunger / Dan Cushman -- Mush fast or die! / Les Savage, Jr. -- Cheechako trouble / James B. Hendryx -- Color at Forty-Mile / Tim Champlin.
ISBN
  • 0803294344
  • 9780803294349
LCCN
98003735
OCLC
  • ocm38853765
  • 38853765
  • SCSB-8950178
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library