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Jack london was an american author who wrote the call of the wild, white fang, and the sea wolf along with many other popular books. In this, listening to the sea wolf pontificate gets a little old, but its equally interesting. The first edition of the novel was published in 1904, and was written by jack london. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Buy the paperback book the sea wolf by jack london at indigo. Jack london 18761916 a maritime classic acclaimed for its exciting adventure, the sea wolf offers a thrilling tale of life at sea, while exploring the many difficulties that may erupt on board a ship captained by a brutally hedonistic and controlling individual. Robinson stars as the tyrannical wolf larsen, the captain of the scavenger ship ghost. The books protagonist, humphrey van weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of wolf larsen, the powerful and amoral sea. He is best known for his novels the call of the wild and white fang, written either side of his writing the sea wolf. The books original format is matched as much as possible.
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