Books with title The Scarlet Plague by Jack London

Jack London's classic work with biography about the life and times of London, essay about the history of the book, and an active table of contents.The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era 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.To find out more about Golgotha Press, visit www.golgothapress.com

THE way led along upon what had once been the embankment of arailroad. But no train had run upon it for many years. The forest oneither side swelled up the slopes of the embankment and crestedacross it in a green wave of trees and bushes. The trail was as narrowas a man’s body, and was no more than a wild-animal runway.Occasionally, a piece of rusty iron, showing through the forestmould,advertised that the rail and the ties still remained. In oneplace, a ten-inch tree, bursting through at a connection, had lifted theend of a rail clearly into view. The tie had evidently followed the rail,held to it by the spike long enough for its bed to be filled with graveland rotten leaves, so that now the crumbling, rotten timber thrustitself up at a curious slant. Old as the road was, it was manifest thatit had been of the mono-rail type.

The Scarlet Plague is a futuristic novel by Jack London, set in San Francisco after an epidemic, the Red Death, has ravaged the planet. The main character, James Howard Smith, sees the diminished society and attempts to impart his knowledge to his grandsons, in order that they may restart a civilization. This book is an early post-apocalyptic novel, and will entrance not just science fiction aficionados but all readers alike.

How is this book unique? Illustrations includedOriginal & Unabridged EditionOne of the best books to readClassic historical fiction booksExtremely well formattedThe Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London.The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels with his grandsons Edwin, Hoo-Hoo, and Hare-Lip. His grandsons are "savage" and live as primeval hunter-gatherers in a heavily depopulated world. Their intellect is limited, as are their language abilities. Edwin asks Smith, whom they call "Granser", to tell them of the disease alternately referred to as scarlet plague, scarlet death, or red death.