Klondike Tales

As a young man in the summer of 1897, Jack London joined the Klondike gold rush. From that seminal experience emerged these gripping, inimitable wilderness tales, which have endured as some of London’s best and most defining work. With remarkable insight and unflinching realism, London describes the punishing adversity that awaited men in the brutal, frozen expanses of the Yukon, and the extreme tactics these adventurers and travelers adopted to survive. As Van Wyck Brooks observed, “One felt that the stories had been somehow lived–that they were not merely observed–that the author was not telling tales but telling his life.” This edition is unique to the Modern Library, featuring twenty-three carefully chosen stories from London’s three collected Northland volumes and his later Klondike tales. It also includes two maps of the region, and notes on the text.

Collects photographs and accounts of the adventures of women on the trails to the Klondike gold fields.

Scrooge McDuck reminisces about Valentine's Day for his nephews in Back to the Klondike; the Woodchucks have an adventure with aliens in Superdoo.

-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---

Kaffir, kangaroo, Klondike: Tales of the gold fields is a friction short story written by Thad. W. H. Leavitt. He discussed some of the stories and tales of kangaroo, kaffir, and Klondike which was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to Canadian Yukon territory. The book is filled with lots of wonderful stories for everyone – both young and old.

Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.The Scarlet Plague was written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912. It was re-released in February of 2007 by Echo Library. The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons.American society at the time of the plague has become severely stratified and there is a large hereditary underclass of servants and "nurses"; and the politcal system has been replaced by a formalized oligarchy. Commercial airship lines exist, as do some airships privately owned by the very rich.

"Isaly's grew from horse-drawn milk wagons to become the world's largest family-owned dairy company. Stores in hundreds of towns and neighborhoods popularized products like Chipped Ham, Skyscraper Cones, and the Klondike Bar. Learn the fascinating histories behind these products and more in this lavishly illustrated book"--

Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction The remarkable tale of two young men during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through first-hand diaries, letters, and more—“excellent reading” for middle grade fans of The Call of the Wild and adventure stories (School Library Journal) As thousands head north in search of gold, Marshall Bond and Stanley Pearce join them, booking passage on a steamship bound for the Klondike goldfields. The journey is life threatening, but the two friends make it to Dawson City, in Canada, build a cabin, and meet Jack London—all the while searching for the ultimate reward: gold! A riveting, true, action-packed adventure, with their telegrams, diaries, and letters, as well as newspaper articles and photographs. An author’s note, timeline, bibliography, and further resources encourage readers to dig deeper into the Gold Rush era.