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A Raid on the Oyster Pirates
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen". London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics. He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
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First published December 14, 2013
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Jack London
7,147 books7,470 followersJohn Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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December 31, 2016
Listened to this on 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales (A RAID ON THE OYSTER PIRATES by JACK LONDON):
"Jack London is considered to be one of the greatest adventure writers of the literary world. His life was an adventure...and he drew heavily from his own experiences. At age 13 he was working 12-18 hours a week in a cannery in San Francisco, and by age 15, he borrowed enough to buy his own sloop, which he put to work pirating oysters. The oyster industry was booming due to a huge demand nationwide from restaurants, and the "Oyster pirates" were stealing oysters from the shallow bay bottoms that were difficult for those licensing those areas to protect, and selling them in Oakland for less than the market price established by the larger, legal monopolies. London soon changed his vocation to game warden, working with the "Fish Patrol" that hunted down oyster poachers and put them in jail or fined them. This story is a part of Jack Londons' "Seven Stories of the Fish Patrol". "
"Jack London is considered to be one of the greatest adventure writers of the literary world. His life was an adventure...and he drew heavily from his own experiences. At age 13 he was working 12-18 hours a week in a cannery in San Francisco, and by age 15, he borrowed enough to buy his own sloop, which he put to work pirating oysters. The oyster industry was booming due to a huge demand nationwide from restaurants, and the "Oyster pirates" were stealing oysters from the shallow bay bottoms that were difficult for those licensing those areas to protect, and selling them in Oakland for less than the market price established by the larger, legal monopolies. London soon changed his vocation to game warden, working with the "Fish Patrol" that hunted down oyster poachers and put them in jail or fined them. This story is a part of Jack Londons' "Seven Stories of the Fish Patrol". "
May 15, 2017
I have arranged my thoughts into a haiku:
"Honor among thieves
Leaves proprietors cold,
And themselves cocky."
"Honor among thieves
Leaves proprietors cold,
And themselves cocky."
November 8, 2022
Мы могли их арестовать, но они могли нас застрелить.
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