Volume thirty of the “Complete Works” of the outstanding American writer Jack London (1876–1916) includes two famous collections of stories, “Tales of the South Seas” and “Love of Life.” These collections contain such world-famous stories as “The Terrible Solomon Islands,” “The Unyielding White Man,” “Love of Life,” “The Road of False Suns,” and others.
Berty talks with Captain Malu in the smoking room and tells him that he intends to meet the bright, bloodthirsty life of the Solomon Islands. Captain Malu admitted that such ambition was worthy and admirable. But only a few days later he became interested in Berty, when this young adventurer wanted to show him his automatic pistol, .44 caliber. Berty explained how the mechanism worked and demonstrated it by removing the magazine with cartridges…
Jack London “The Terrible Solomon Islands”
Contents:
Tales of the South Seas. Stories
The House of Mapuai
The Whale’s Tooth
Mauki
Yah! Yah! Yah!
The Pagan
The Terrible Solomon Islands
The Unyielding White Man
A Descendant of McCoy
Love of Life. Stories
Love of Life
The Brown Wolf
An Encounter in a Hut
The Path of the White Man
The Story of Kish
An Unexpected One
The Road of False Suns
Coward Negor