Jack London

Children of the Frost Jack London

This ebook includes a biographical introduction, a short, critical analysis of London's work within the historical context and a brief introduction to this work. First published in 1902, Children of the Frost is a collection of ten short stories linked by setting, the Northern Wilderness, and by theme, the plight of the North American Indian. While still pronouncing for the superiority of Anglo Saxon culture, London nevertheless shows a telling dignity in the way the Indian Tribes lived their lives and in their fight for survival against the incomers. Amongst the stories here are some telling examples of London's belief in evolutionary theory, particular The Law of Life, in which a tribe, departing for Winter hunting grounds, leaves behind an enfeebled elder man to die. London shows the man as someone who is not bitter, but reconciled to his fate, confident in the natural order of the wild in which his people make their lives.1902 (the first) edition, illustrated The Children of the Frost is a collection of short Jack London's stories first published in 1902. The short stories: - 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, Son of Keesh - The Death of Ligoun - Li-Wan, the Fair - The League of Old Men John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist and journalist, who is best know from his stories about the Kondike's Gold Rush and life in the harsh Alaskan wilderness. The Children of the Frost - stories about native American indians, their's life, their's thoughts, their's sorrows.