{"product_id":"south-sea-tales-paperback-1","title":"South Sea Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack London\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Gair\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the celebrated \u003ci\u003eKlondike Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, the stories that comprise \u003ci\u003eSouth Sea Tales\u003c\/i\u003e derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, \"When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the celebrated \"Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise \"South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, \"When London's stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Gair\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in American Studies at the University of Birmingham, and a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eJack London Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He lives in Cambridge, England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Horwitz\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of \u003ci\u003eConfederates in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. He lives in Virginia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759162491168,"sku":"9780375759291","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9c25b0bb83b713ffb49926702d640edb.webp?v=1780143917","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/south-sea-tales-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}