Jerry Of The Islands
by Jack London
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Jack London Jerry Of The Islands
in Norwegian language
1/4 leather
Publisher:
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1934
Condition: Very Good - general wear, bookplate attached to the end paper
Synopsis
From the book:It is a misfortune to some fiction-writers that fiction and unveracity in the average person's mind mean one and the same thing. Several years ago I published a South Sea novel. The action was placed in the Solomon Islands. The action was praised by the critics and reviewers as a highly creditable effort of the imagination. As regards reality - they said there wasn't any. Of course, as every one knew, kinky-haired cannibals no longer obtained on the earth's surface, much less ran around with nothing on, chopping off one another's heads, and, on occasion, a white man's head as well. Now listen. I am writing these lines in Honolulu, Hawaii. Yesterday, on the beach at Waikiki, a stranger spoke to me. He mentioned a mutual friend, Captain Kellar. When I was wrecked in the Solomons on the blackbirder, the Minota, it was Captain Kellar, master of the blackbirder, the Eugenie, who rescued me. The blacks had taken Captain Kellar's head, the stranger told me. He knew. He had represented Captain Kellar's mother in settling up the estate.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 488
- Title
- Jerry Of The Islands
- Author
- Jack London
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
- Place of Publication
- Oslo
- Date Published
- 1934
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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