The King of Mazy May

The King of Mazy May
Author: Jack Jack London
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2017-12-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981555826

The King of Mazy May is a short story by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) 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. He is best remembered as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers and wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction expos� The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes. On July 12, 1897, London (age 21) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. This was the setting for some of his first successful stories. London's time in the Klondike, however, was detrimental to his health.

The Call of the Yukon

The Call of the Yukon
Author: William Stanley
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2023-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1665753315

The Call of the Yukon is comprised of two stories, both set in the late 1800’s in the wilderness of Canada’s far north. Rudy is the heart-warming story of a wolf cub abandoned by its mother, who is rescued from sure death when found by an Indigenous man named Steward. Initially rejected by Steward’s sled dogs, Rudy grows into a strong animal the team learns to fear, eventually becoming the alpha male. Rudy’s leadership is demonstrated during the annual Dawson City dogsled race, a high-spirited competition. This is a wilderness tale of a wolf who learns to place his trust in one man, until the call of the wild eventually beckons him to return to the forests of the Yukon, where he belongs. Quest for Gold and Fur is a fascinating tale about a young couple and their life together in the Yukon wilderness. Joe and Mary share their adventures in this heart-warming tale of survival in their adopted forest community. Read about how Rudy’s short life ended after he followed his heart and returned to the wild. Experience an encounter between a black bear and a wolverine, fighting over who is going to eat Joe and Mary’s pack animal. Follow the couple as they find riches hidden by old trappers in the most unlikely places. These two stories depict the courage and bravery of early fur-trappers in Canada’s north, which will not to be easily forgotten by its readers.

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Author: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Publisher:
Total Pages: 618
Release: 1911
Genre: Police
ISBN:

Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush

Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush
Author: Peter Lourie
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0805097570

-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---

Sessional Papers

Sessional Papers
Author: Canada. Parliament
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1066
Release: 1900
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Yukon Quest

Yukon Quest
Author: John Firth
Publisher: Lost Moose Publishing
Total Pages: 277
Release: 1998
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781896758039

By telling the story of one race in detail, Firth follows the teams as they travel on the fractured ice of the Yukon River, through rugged, northern wilderness, over windswept mountains, in blizzards and bone-chilling cold. Yukon Quest shows in vivid detail the enormous commitment involved in caring for up to 14 dogs in a team. The book also includes anecdotes from all the races and a list of all the mushers who have ever participated, along with race results.

Yukon Alone

Yukon Alone
Author: John Balzar
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1429932996

In the tradition of Into the Wild, John Balzar's Yukon Alone is a story of daring and determination in one of nature's harshest, loneliest, and most beautiful places. The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging and dangerous of all the organized sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls sps over two weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests as big as entire states. It's not unusual for the temperature to drop to 40-below or for the night to be seventeen hours long. Why would anyone want to run this race? To find out, John Balzar moved to Alaska months before The Quest began and he spent time in the homes of many of the mushers. Balzar then spent many days and nights on the trail, and the result is a book that not only treats us to a vivid day-by-day account of the grueling race itself but also offers an insightful look at the men and women who have moved to this rugged and beautiful place, often leaving behind comfortable houses and jobs in the lower forty-eight states for the sense of exhilaration they find in their new lives. Readers will also be fascinated by Balzar's account of what goes into the training and care of the majestic dogs who pull the sleds and whose courage, strength, and devotion make them the true heroes of this story. For anyone captivated by the wild north country, this riveting tale of courage and adventure will inspire and entertain.

The Tales of the North: Jack London's Edition - 78 Short Stories in One Edition

The Tales of the North: Jack London's Edition - 78 Short Stories in One Edition
Author: Jack London
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 1280
Release: 2023-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Son of the Wolf: The White Silence, The Son of the Wolf, The Men of Forty Mile, In a Far Country, To the Man on the Trail, The Priestly Prerogative, The Wisdom of the Trail, The Wife of a King, An Odyssey of the North. The God of His Fathers: The God of His Fathers, The Great Interrogation, Which Make Men Remember, Siwash, The Man with the Gash, Jan, the Unrepentant, Grit of Women, Where the Trail Forks, A Daughter of the Aurora, At the Rainbow's End, The Scorn of Women. Children of the Frost: In the Forests of the North, The Law of Life, Nam-Bok the Unveracious, The Master of Mystery, The Sunlanders, The Sickness of Lone Chief, Keesh, the Son of Keesh, The Death of Ligoun, Li Wan, the Fair, The League of the Old Men. The Faith of Men: A Relic of the Pliocene, A Hyperborean Brew, The Faith of Men, Too Much Gold, The One Thousand Dozen, The Marriage of Lit-lit, Bâtard, The Story of Jees Uck. Love of Life & Other Stories: Love of Life, A Day's Lodging, The White Man's Way, The Story of Keesh, The Unexpected, Brown Wolf, The Sun Dog Trail, Negore, The Coward. Lost Face: Lost Face, Trust, To Build a Fire, That Spot, Flush of Gold, The Passing of Marcus O'Brien, The Wit of Porportuk. Smoke Bellew: The Taste of the Meat, The Meat, The Stampede to Squaw Creek, Shorty Dreams, The Man on the Other Bank, The Race for Number Three. + 19 Uncollected Stories: The Devil's Dice Box, The Test: A Clondyke Wooing, Even Unto Death, The King of Mazy May, Pluck and Pertinacity, A Northland Miracle, Thanksgiving on Slav Creek, The "Fuzziness" of Hoockla-Heen, The League of Old Men, To Build a Fire, Up the Slide... Jack London is best known as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush.