The Son of the Wolf. 100th Anniversary Collection

Jack London books by SeaWolf Press were selected for sale by the Jack London Museum.A beautfiul version with the first edition cover. This edition is part of the 100th Anniversary Collection honoring the 100th anniversary of Jack London's death in 1916. In his short 20-year career, he produced more than 50 books. The text and illustrations in this collection are taken from his early publications and the covers are replicas of the first edition covers. Fonts common 100 years ago are used--Century for the text and Bembo on the cover. The book's original format is matched as much as possible.This was Jack London’s first book, published in 1900. It was a collection of nine of his early short stories about the Klondike gold rush and life in the far North. He had previously spent time living among the miners and trappers in the Yukon and these stories reflect those experiences. The stories are told in the language of those men and reflect the hardships they endured, as well as their interactions with the local natives.