South Sea Tales
A rare pearl is fought over during a hurricane on a South Sea Island. A zealous missionary sets out to spread the Gospel in a land of cannibals. The son of a Polynesian chief becomes the slave of a white man. These stories and others portray life in the South Sea.
A rare pearl is fought over during a hurricane on a South Sea Island. A zealous missionary sets out to spread the Gospel in a land of cannibals. The son of a Polynesian chief becomes the slave of a white man. These stories and others portray life in the South Sea.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375759291 (0375759298)
Publish date: April 9th 2002
Publisher: Modern Library
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Short stories based in the South Pacific; tales Jack London picked up and put his own spin on from his travels there. My personal favorites are the last two, "The Inevitable White Man" and "The Seed of McCoy".