Other editions of book Smoke Bellew: “But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind”

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Although best known for his novel Call of the Wild, Jack London was a talented and prolific writer whose fiction spanned multiple genres. For its time, London's work also displayed a rare degree of experimentation with narrative form. Although Smoke Bellew is a traditional novel on many levels, it also plays with structure in interesting ways. Some literary experts point out that Smoke Bellew may more accurately be described as a series of interconnected short stories featuring the same title character than a novel. A must-read for fans of the action-adventure genre.

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"

Jack London was one of the first writers to earn a living in part from his writings in commercial fiction magazines. London became a socialist and his writings reflect this change in his political views. He is best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Christopher Bellew was a young man with a clever brain and flabby muscles. Bellew goes north to face primitive conditions in the Klondike, where he proves himself and wins the name "Smoke." The story is continued in the sequel "Smoke i Shorty".

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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.