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  • The Sea Wolf

  • By: Jack London
  • Narrated by: Will Patton
  • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Jack London worshiped strong and virtuous heroes, and his stories give great weight to the inevitable triumph of good over evil. His telling of the adventures of Humphrey van Weydon in The Sea Wolf is in keeping with this theme of moral man. His powerful and gripping saga of van Weydon's capture by a seal-hunting ship and the ensuing tangles with its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen, makes this a classic American tale of peril and victory.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • I won the lottery!

  • By Bill on 08-11-17
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  • The Sea Wolf

  • By: Jack London
  • Narrated by: Brian Emerson
  • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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He is a man capable of abandoning two sailors in an open boat, yet he is an avid and thoughtful reader of the moral philosophers. He is Wolf Larsen, captain of the seal-hunting Ghost and the unforgettable protagonist of one of the world's great sea novels. Tormented by his own convictions, Larsen is an enigma both fascinating and repellent to his reluctant crewman, Humphrey Van Weyden. Throughout their long and perilous voyage together, the captain's ruthless belief in the survival of the fittest is pitted against Van Weyden's "civilization".

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Excellent rite of passage

  • By Stephen on 09-30-05
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  • The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]

  • By: Jack London
  • Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
  • Length: 2 hrs and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 238
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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    4 out of 5 stars 211

Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague. In this post-apocalyptic novella, a ragged and tattered old man tells his progeny of what life was like before The Scarlet Plague appeared - and wiped out civilization as they knew it.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • wonderful listen very relevant today!

  • By Johnny on 12-02-17
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  • The Road

  • By: Jack London
  • Narrated by: T. Anthony Quinn
  • Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 33
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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In The Road, Jack London embraces the concepts of unconfined individualism and Darwinism through his autobiographical account of his time riding the rails of Canada and the United States. The author of White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and Sea Wolf, relays the time leading up to turning point in his life - a perfunctory trial and a 30-day imprisonment in the Erie County Penitentiary for the crime of vagrancy - an experience so degrading that he turned to a career in writing.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Classic

  • By James on 05-06-17
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  • The Short Stories, Volume I

  • By: Ernest Hemingway
  • Narrated by: Stacy Keach
  • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars 368
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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    4 out of 5 stars 204

This definitive audio collection, read by Stacy Keach, traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style - from the plain bald language of his first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude. These stories showcase the singular talent of a master, the most important American writer of the 20th century.

  • 5 out of 5 stars

  • Beautiful.

  • By Amazon Customer on 11-24-16
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  • The Call of the Wild

  • By: Jack London
  • Narrated by: Alan Munro
  • Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 985
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    4 out of 5 stars 883
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Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment.

  • 4 out of 5 stars

  • Great Introductory Literature; Lousy Production

  • By Rich on 12-11-15

Editorial Reviews

Tales of the Fish Patrol is a collection of seven stories written by Jack London, and based on his teenaged experiences as an oyster pirate-turned-Fish Patrolman. London describes his entanglements with Chinese and Greek poachers with his trademark verve and narrative brilliance, as well as the area surrounding the San Francisco Bay. Jonathan Reese gives a stolid, measured performance that captures London's self-possessed masculinity in the face of some truly dangerous scenarios. Tales of the Fish Patrol is a thrilling account, and an intriguing snapshot of life in San Francisco in late 1800s, by one of America's great storytellers.

Publisher's Summary

In this classic collection of stories drawn from his own experiences, author Jack London looks back on his days as a teenager aboard the fishing boats of San Francisco Bay. In the early 1900s, men of all stripes descended on these waters to plunder its rich oyster beds. To stop the run on the waters, a patrol was established. London began his youthful adventures on the wrong side of the law, as an oyster pirate. But conscience and common sense got the better of him, and he became a member of the Fish Patrol. The decision satisfied even his legendary appetite for excitement.

Placing us smack in the middle of San Francisco at the height of its most reckless days, Tales of the Fish Patrol is vintage Jack London, tales of adventure from a world-class raconteur.
©1923 Public Domain (P)2008 Tantor

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    2 out of 5 stars

Good Book, Strange Reading

As are most of Jack London's books, this one didn't disappoint. The style of the reader however makes it difficult to fallow the story fluidly. He has a tenancy to read as though he is just reading a list of random sentences by vocalizing the last word of each sentence with the same tone and a long pause before beginning the next sentence.

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How to ruin a good book

Suggest you re-record with a performer who doesn't give every sentence the same boring inflection.