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This ebook includes a biographical introduction, a short, critical analysis of London's work within the historical context and a brief introduction to this work.Published in 1912 by MacMillan, A Son of the Sun is composed of eight separate stories linked by lead character David Grief, a ship owner plying his trade around the South Sea Islands. Encountering a variety of foes including pirates and cannibals, Grief comes through with a mixture of experience and sheer physical courage.

*This book is Annotated (It contains a biography of the Author).* A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.

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A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals.

Original navy blue pictorial cloth decorated in gray, white, and orange, octavo, 333 pp. B/w frontispiece and 3 plates by A. O. Fischer and C. W. Ashley. This collection of the South Sea stories, London's 32nd published book, was his only work to be published by Doubleday. A scarce title in collectible condition. The number of copies published in the first edition is not known. BAL 11937, Sisson/Martens page 64.

A Son of the Sun - Classic Short Stories - By Jack London A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals. Includes: A Son of the Sun - The Proud Goat of Aloysius Pankburn - The Devils of Fuatino - The Jokers of New Gibbon - A Little Account With Swithin Hall - A Goboto Night - The Feathers of the Sun - The Pearls of Parlay