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To Build a Fire : And Other Stories

By: Jack London

.... . . . . . 1 The White Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 In a Far Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The W... .... . . 391 The Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Told in the Drooling Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 CONTENTS ii... ...enty five miles with the dogs, and then the trail again. Who is he, Kid?” “Jack Westondale. Been in going on three years, with nothing but the name of ... ... I ’ve seen your face; I like it. And I ’ve seen — why, damn you, hit the high places for salt water and that wife of yours, and” — Here the Kid unmit... ... the Northwest Territory entered, followed by two half breed dog drivers. Like Westondale, they were heavily armed and showed signs of fatigue. The ha... ...is movements as the fragile footing swayed and threatened beneath him. In such places death was quick and easy; but it was not his desire to endure no... ...sian, while the inhabitants of the Solomons are Melanesian. Lord Howe has been populated by the westward Poly nesian drift which continues to this da... ... northwest monsoon, is also evident. Nobody ever comes to Lord Howe, or Ontong Java as it is some times called. Thomas Cook & Son do not sell tickets...

...But I say, Kid, isn?t that going it a little too strong? Whiskey and alcohol?s bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and peppersauce and?--?Dump it in. Who?s making this punch, anyway?? And Malemute Kid smiled benignantly through the clouds of steam. ?By the time you?ve been in this country as long as I have, my son, and lived on rabbit tracks and salmon-belly, you?ll le...

...Table of Contents: To the Man on Trail, 1 -- The White Silence, 12 -- In a Far Country, 24 -- The Wisdom of the Trail, 44 -- An Odyssey of the North, 53 -- The Law of Life, 90 -- The God of His Fathers, 99 -- The League of the Old Men, 117 -- B?atard, 136 -- All Gold Canyon, 153 -- Love of Life...

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