Tales of the Fish Patrol
by Jack London
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Take a voyage through the Pacific in this series of tales from Jack London, one of the foremost chroniclers of the American West. Set in a variety of locales in, around, and off the coast of San Francisco, the short stories and sketches collected in this volume are sure to please fans of fast-paced outdoor adventures, California culture, and travel writing..
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London's chronological, tightly coupled tales of Fish Patrol fights with oyster pirates, Greek scofflaw salmon poachers and more is marred by this 1982 audio production with low audio quality and a narrator that is just phoning it in.
Tales of a teenaged Fish Patrolman in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century, all of which Jack London was. The stories are engaging and fresh, if somewhat repetitive, and show London as a masterful story-teller who effortlessly and believably creates and resolves narrative suspense. The stories are also an interesting historical window onto a bygone time and place and ethos, of un-self conscious conventional masculine grace and law-enforcement rectitude.
London's chronological, tightly coupled tales of Fish Patrol fights with oyster pirates, Greek scofflaw salmon poachers and more is marred by this 1982 audio production with low audio quality and a narrator that is just phoning it in.
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London's chronological, tightly coupled tales of Fish Patrol fights with oyster pirates, Greek scofflaw salmon poachers and more is marred by this 1982 audio production with low audio quality and a narrator that is just phoning it in.
Merged review:
London's chronological, tightly coupled tales of Fish Patrol fights with oyster pirates, Greek scofflaw salmon poachers and more is marred by this 1982 audio production with low audio quality and a narrator that is just phoning it in.
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Ce recueil contient d'autres récits que ceux regroupés dans patrouille de pêche, plus journalistiques comme "piloter un petit voilier" ; récits dans lesquels London fait part de son amour de la mer. C'est surtout les contes de "patrouille de pêche" qui m'ont plu, dans lesquels Jack London donne toute sa maîtrise du court récit, de la nouvelle. Ses démêlés avec les pilleurs d'huitres, les contrebandiers de l'esturgeon, sont à la fois distrayants et donnent une bonne mesure de ce que pouvait être la vie des hommes de mer dans la baie de San Francisco au tout début du XXème siècle. London se met en scène mais aussi invente les histoires dans lesquels il se met en scène. Cet écrivain talentueux prend toujours un malin show more plaisir à brouiller les pistes avec le lecteur mais il explique clairement dans l'annexe à son récit comment il a composé ses nouvelles.
Si le recueil ne fait pas partie des oeuvres majeures de London, il est cependant très agréable à lire et plaira aux amateurs de littérature maritime. show less
Si le recueil ne fait pas partie des oeuvres majeures de London, il est cependant très agréable à lire et plaira aux amateurs de littérature maritime. show less
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One of the pioneers of 20th century American literature, Jack London specialized in tales of adventure inspired by his own experiences. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. At 14, he quit school and became an "oyster pirate," robbing oyster beds to sell his booty to the bars and restaurants in Oakland. Later, he turned on his pirate show more associates and joined the local Fish Patrol, resulting in some hair-raising waterfront battles. Other youthful activities included sailing on a seal-hunting ship, traveling the United States as a railroad tramp, a jail term for vagrancy and a hazardous winter in the Klondike during the 1897 gold rush. Those experiences converted him to socialism, as he educated himself through prolific reading and began to write fiction. After a struggling apprenticeship, London hit literary paydirt by combining memories of his adventures with Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary theory, the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" and a Kipling-influenced narrative style. "The Son of the Wolf"(1900) was his first popular success, followed by 'The Call of the Wild" (1903), "The Sea-Wolf" (1904) and "White Fang" (1906). He also wrote nonfiction, including reportage of the Russo-Japanese War and Mexican revolution, as well as "The Cruise of the Snark" (1911), an account of an eventful South Pacific sea voyage with his wife, Charmian, and a rather motley crew. London's body broke down prematurely from his rugged lifestyle and hard drinking, and he died of uremic poisoning - possibly helped along by a morphine overdose - at his California ranch in 1916. Though his massive output is uneven, his best works - particularly "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" - have endured because of their rich subject matter and vigorous prose. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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