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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Contents1. THE TASTE OF THE MEAT2. THE MEAT3. THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK4. SHORTY DREAMS5. THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK6. THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Smoke Bellew by Jack LondonChristopher Bellew is a success in the eyes of the world, engaged with the San Francisco paper and penning stories daily... but for no pay. When Klondike fever strikes the region, he sees his chance to break from drudgery – starting him on a journey that takes him over mountain passes and down swirling rapids, removing him forever from the world he knew and the man he was. Taking the name "Smoke," he learns to thrive and flourish in the wilds of the frontier."Smoke Bellew," first published in 1912, tells a tale as bracing and fast-moving as an icy mountain stream.Includes:- The Taste of the Meat- The Stampede to Squaw Creek- Shorty Dreams- The Man on the Other Bank- The Race for Number One

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, Smoke Bellew is usually described as a collection of short stories linked by the eponymous character. It is, however, for all intents a novel with disparate phases, describing the characters evolution from tame student Christopher Bellew, via San Franciscan bohemian Kit Bellew and thence to the gnarled prospector Smoke Bellew. London writes a similar sentence or two in the first paragraph of the novel and thus describes his intended story.

A sweeping adventure saga in the tradition of White Fang and The Call of the Wild, bringing to vivid life the cold, bleak, unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the colorful, desperately uncertain lives of both natives and intruders. On a lark, the novel’s hero, Christopher Bellew, a San Francisco newspaperman and dandy, sets off on what he believes will be a brief trek into the Klondike to cover the latest gold rush. The lark turns into a rough, raw adventure that transforms the young chekako (tenderfoot) into a tough, hardened survivor.

In the beginning he was Christopher Bellew. By the time he was at college he had become Chris Bellew. Later, in the Bohemian crowd of San Francisco, he was called Kit Bellew. And in the end he was known by no other name than Smoke Bellew. And this history of the evolution of his name is the history of his evolution. Nor would it have happened had he not had a fond mother and an iron uncle, and had he not received a letter from Gillet Bellamy. "I have just seen a copy of the Billow," Gillet wrote from Paris. "Of course O'Hara will succeed with it. But he's missing some plays." (Here followed details in the improvement of the budding society weekly.) "Go down and see him. Let him think they're your own suggestions. Don't let him know they're from me. If he does, he'll make me Paris correspon-dent, which I can't afford, because I'm getting real money for my stuff from the big magazines. Above all, don't forget to make him fire that dub who's doing the musical and art criticism. Another thing, San Francisco has always had a literature of her own. But she hasn't any now. Tell him to kick around and get some gink to turn out a live serial, and to put into it the real romance and glamour and colour of San Francisco."

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Smoke Bellew by Jack London Christopher Bellew is a success in the eyes of the world, engaged with the San Francisco paper and penning stories daily... but for no pay. When Klondike fever strikes the region, he sees his chance to break from drudgery – starting him on a journey that takes him over mountain passes and down swirling rapids, removing him forever from the world he knew and the man he was. Taking the name "Smoke," he learns to thrive and flourish in the wilds of the frontier. "Smoke Bellew," first published in 1912, tells a tale as bracing and fast-moving as an icy mountain stream. Includes: - The Taste of the Meat - The Stampede to Squaw Creek - Shorty Dreams - The Man on the Other Bank - The Race for Number One

Christopher Bellew is a success in the eyes of the world, engaged with the San Francisco paper and penning stories daily . . . but for no pay. When Klondike fever strikes the region, he sees his chance to break from drudgery -- starting him on a journey that takes him over mountain passes and down swirling rapids, removing him forever from the world he knew and the man he was.Taking the name "Smoke," he learns to thrive and flourish in the wilds of the frontier.

New York: The Century Company, 1912. First Edition, BAL 11939. Sisson & Martens, p. 65. [8], 385 pp. Illustrated with 8 plates by P.J. Monaghan. Blue-gray cloth lettered in black, cover illustrated in black & cream. A very handsome example; no salient flaws. Faint rubbing at front cover, minor soiling to the covers; page edge toning. See scans. A classic London adventure, a "dream of mastery under romantic adversity". L20n