The Faith of Men Annotated eBook Jack London
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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.
First published in 1904 by MacMillan, The Faith of Men is a collection of short pieces connected by being located in the North, mostly the Klondike.
Considered by many to be London's finest Klondike collection, the set of eight includes the absolutely brutal tale of Batard, a savage dog set against a savage master. Other stories centre on native Indians including The Story of Jees Uck, a touching romance about an affair between a trading post operator and a young, mixed blood, indian woman.
The Faith of Men Annotated eBook Jack London
Published in 1919 we are presented with a collection of brief stories by Jack London. The major motif across the stories is very similar: man, his hardships and follies both caused by himself, others, misprints and the inclement conditions of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The predominant settings and themes are generally related to the Klondike Gold Rush during the late 1800’s (circa-1896) to the early 1900’s, most of the characters are prospectors of some variety or another and many of their ends are taken very stoically, in standard London fashion.Fantastic stories about the cruelty of fate, men, women abandoned, money, it’s pursuit and the great north, all of which offer an excellent expose as it relates to a man’s tenacious mindset and how sometimes it all works out; sometimes it doesn’t. This collection provides a really good mix of human ugliness and hope.
Stories include:
1. A Relic of The Pliocene.
2. A Hyperborean Brew.
3. The Faith of Men.
4. Too Much Gold.
5. The One Thousand Dozen.
6. The Marriage of Lit-Lit.
7. Batard.
8. The Story of Jees Uck.
SPOILERS:
A Relic of The Pliocene: One of two stories which stem from Thomas Stevens, an evident veteran of the Yukon territory and a man whom never outright lied but certainly embellished the truth. London relays the story Stevens had told him about how he’d personally killed off the last of the mammoths, this based upon a conversation they’d began about Steven’s fantastic moccasins. Entrapping the mammoth and running him around a track to wear him down Stevens tires him out enough to finish the job started in the name of retribution – because the mammoth had killed off his dog and her pups, an entirely new breed.
A Hyperborean Brew: Another tale about Tomas Stevens and his underling, Moosu. Having crafted alcohol and entertaining the people in therapeutic doses it opened to them the way to God. A competitor attempts this, but his liquor is weak. Moosu soon lets his power go to his head, as he was put in a Shamanic position by Stevens, and he soon begins to contest Stevens at each turn. Through many evenings Stevens wastes away the stores of meat and grains he’s acquired for sale of his brew, and he, one particular evening allows the entire village to part-take in the drunkenness. He then feigns apologetic supplication to Moosu, how has said that the meat in Stevens stores will be given them by the Gods. When there is no meat to give, as the prophet wouldn’t have suggested, the drunken and angry villagers turn on Moosu. He’s spirited away from the village by Stevens, who’s whipping him for his multitude of crimes.
The Faith of Men: Lawrence Pentfield and Corry Hutchinson, millionaire panners on the Yukon are dropping dice to see which gets to depart the encampment for the season, the other will stay behind and supervise the work. Hutchinson wins the draw and Pentfield asks a favor: find Mable Holmes and bring her to Dawson (Yukon Terr.) so that Pentfield may wed her. Sending Hutchinson off, he gets many words from him regarding his travels and finding Mabel. Then one evening he is shown an article about Hutchinson’s wedding to Mable Holmes, only a little dismayed he takes a bride of his own, a Native American woman. Encountering Corry, Mable and her sister soon after this he discovers that the papers he’d read had mistaken the sisters identities. Without the bat of an eye Pentfield informs Mable that he’s already off market, but he’s sorry about the mistake.
Too Much Gold: Kirk Mitchell and Hootchinoo Bill head back to their hometown of ‘Forty Mile’ only to find it completely deserted with the exception of one man. This man informs them that the townsfolk split because of rumors of gold in Dawson on the Bonanza Creek (Yukon Terr.). First the two vouchsafed any interest in the rush, as time elapsed they too decided it most prudent to see what the fuss was about. Having staked a plot on ‘Too Much Gold’ (think El Dorado, a mythical land) they two run hard on luck and eventually sell it to a Swede whom they had to liquor-up to make the deal. Selling the lot for $750 in gold-dust and refusing to give the money back to a now sober Swede the two are astounded to find the Swede, Andersen, with ‘too much gold.’
The One Thousand Dozen: Making plans to purchase and deliver one-thousand dozen eggs to Dawson so that he might resell them, Rasmunsen aligns all the logistical and physical material necessary to ensure this happens. The story then proceeds from one difficult hardship to another as Rasmunsen attempts to transport the eggs via sea and again via land. Arriving in Dawson and being heralded as ‘The Egg Man’ (1053) he makes a quick $1.50 PER egg! It is soon discovered that while all the eggs survived the perils of the journey they had also gone bad. Expecting to make some $18,000 and then being offered a mere $200 so they could be fed to the dogs after all the work, injury, danger and a grand idea – Rasmunsen ends the scene by taking his own life.
The Marriage of Lit-Lit: John Fox engages Snettishane, Lit-Lit’s father, in discourse about marriage. She comes at a steep price and Snettishane, the conniving fellow that he is convinces Lit-Lit to marry him. He then requests she come to him during the nights he ‘calls like a raven’ so that she may feign her unhappiness and whereby Snettishane will raise the price for her, telling Fox she is worth more than what he’d originally bequeathed. Lit-Lit fails her father’s callings because she realizes Fox is a good man and soon the calling of the ‘raven’ irritates Fox, who proceeds to shoot at the sound. Failing to kill Snettishane, he sends him off never to be heard from again.
Batard: A story about a wolf hybrid who is picked up by the most miserable man imaginable – Black Leclere. A tale of abuse where Leclere’s mission is to ‘break him’, to get Batard to submit to his whim and be a simple minded dog. The story details many of their encounters and abuses conducted to one another. Having been erroneously convicted of murder Leclere is made to stand atop a box with the noose still on while the actual culprit is sought. Here Batard has his change, and where Leclere figured his hound would precede him to hell, it is in fact the opposite.
The Story of Jees Uck: This tale is much like ‘The Faith of Men’, only Jees Uck and Neil Bonner were married prior to Bonners departure to his hometown – San Francisco. Jees Uck waits a few years, works many jobs and saves money so that she and her child ‘Neil’ or ‘Nee-al’ can travel to find Bonner. She rejects other suitors, sees her credit depreciated and through hardship finds Bonner wed to another woman. There is no effrontery, Jees Uck doesn’t acknowledge that the child is Bonner’s and his San Francisco wife doesn’t get the total picture, but he figures it out. Jees Uck returns home and the story ends with the child succeeding across many realms of his life.
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The Faith of Men Annotated eBook Jack London Reviews
hard to believe how the children maintained all their english upper middle class atitudes in the middle of no where.
Amazing stories. Beautifully written. Short stories don't get better then this. Will read this again and again and again and you should too.
Great short stories by one of the best American authors. Everyone should own some of these classics, especially at the price.
Like London's writing style.
From the content, book condition to delivery time, item price, I feel that all as good as or even better than i expected
Classic JL in short story format. Huge Content Warning for dated sexist racist language, however. Read with a grain of salt.
love jack London, Faith of Men are short stories, GREAT! If you are a London fan I highly recommend ...
Published in 1919 we are presented with a collection of brief stories by Jack London. The major motif across the stories is very similar man, his hardships and follies both caused by himself, others, misprints and the inclement conditions of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The predominant settings and themes are generally related to the Klondike Gold Rush during the late 1800’s (circa-1896) to the early 1900’s, most of the characters are prospectors of some variety or another and many of their ends are taken very stoically, in standard London fashion.
Fantastic stories about the cruelty of fate, men, women abandoned, money, it’s pursuit and the great north, all of which offer an excellent expose as it relates to a man’s tenacious mindset and how sometimes it all works out; sometimes it doesn’t. This collection provides a really good mix of human ugliness and hope.
Stories include
1. A Relic of The Pliocene.
2. A Hyperborean Brew.
3. The Faith of Men.
4. Too Much Gold.
5. The One Thousand Dozen.
6. The Marriage of Lit-Lit.
7. Batard.
8. The Story of Jees Uck.
SPOILERS
A Relic of The Pliocene One of two stories which stem from Thomas Stevens, an evident veteran of the Yukon territory and a man whom never outright lied but certainly embellished the truth. London relays the story Stevens had told him about how he’d personally killed off the last of the mammoths, this based upon a conversation they’d began about Steven’s fantastic moccasins. Entrapping the mammoth and running him around a track to wear him down Stevens tires him out enough to finish the job started in the name of retribution – because the mammoth had killed off his dog and her pups, an entirely new breed.
A Hyperborean Brew Another tale about Tomas Stevens and his underling, Moosu. Having crafted alcohol and entertaining the people in therapeutic doses it opened to them the way to God. A competitor attempts this, but his liquor is weak. Moosu soon lets his power go to his head, as he was put in a Shamanic position by Stevens, and he soon begins to contest Stevens at each turn. Through many evenings Stevens wastes away the stores of meat and grains he’s acquired for sale of his brew, and he, one particular evening allows the entire village to part-take in the drunkenness. He then feigns apologetic supplication to Moosu, how has said that the meat in Stevens stores will be given them by the Gods. When there is no meat to give, as the prophet wouldn’t have suggested, the drunken and angry villagers turn on Moosu. He’s spirited away from the village by Stevens, who’s whipping him for his multitude of crimes.
The Faith of Men Lawrence Pentfield and Corry Hutchinson, millionaire panners on the Yukon are dropping dice to see which gets to depart the encampment for the season, the other will stay behind and supervise the work. Hutchinson wins the draw and Pentfield asks a favor find Mable Holmes and bring her to Dawson (Yukon Terr.) so that Pentfield may wed her. Sending Hutchinson off, he gets many words from him regarding his travels and finding Mabel. Then one evening he is shown an article about Hutchinson’s wedding to Mable Holmes, only a little dismayed he takes a bride of his own, a Native American woman. Encountering Corry, Mable and her sister soon after this he discovers that the papers he’d read had mistaken the sisters identities. Without the bat of an eye Pentfield informs Mable that he’s already off market, but he’s sorry about the mistake.
Too Much Gold Kirk Mitchell and Hootchinoo Bill head back to their hometown of ‘Forty Mile’ only to find it completely deserted with the exception of one man. This man informs them that the townsfolk split because of rumors of gold in Dawson on the Bonanza Creek (Yukon Terr.). First the two vouchsafed any interest in the rush, as time elapsed they too decided it most prudent to see what the fuss was about. Having staked a plot on ‘Too Much Gold’ (think El Dorado, a mythical land) they two run hard on luck and eventually sell it to a Swede whom they had to liquor-up to make the deal. Selling the lot for $750 in gold-dust and refusing to give the money back to a now sober Swede the two are astounded to find the Swede, Andersen, with ‘too much gold.’
The One Thousand Dozen Making plans to purchase and deliver one-thousand dozen eggs to Dawson so that he might resell them, Rasmunsen aligns all the logistical and physical material necessary to ensure this happens. The story then proceeds from one difficult hardship to another as Rasmunsen attempts to transport the eggs via sea and again via land. Arriving in Dawson and being heralded as ‘The Egg Man’ (1053) he makes a quick $1.50 PER egg! It is soon discovered that while all the eggs survived the perils of the journey they had also gone bad. Expecting to make some $18,000 and then being offered a mere $200 so they could be fed to the dogs after all the work, injury, danger and a grand idea – Rasmunsen ends the scene by taking his own life.
The Marriage of Lit-Lit John Fox engages Snettishane, Lit-Lit’s father, in discourse about marriage. She comes at a steep price and Snettishane, the conniving fellow that he is convinces Lit-Lit to marry him. He then requests she come to him during the nights he ‘calls like a raven’ so that she may feign her unhappiness and whereby Snettishane will raise the price for her, telling Fox she is worth more than what he’d originally bequeathed. Lit-Lit fails her father’s callings because she realizes Fox is a good man and soon the calling of the ‘raven’ irritates Fox, who proceeds to shoot at the sound. Failing to kill Snettishane, he sends him off never to be heard from again.
Batard A story about a wolf hybrid who is picked up by the most miserable man imaginable – Black Leclere. A tale of abuse where Leclere’s mission is to ‘break him’, to get Batard to submit to his whim and be a simple minded dog. The story details many of their encounters and abuses conducted to one another. Having been erroneously convicted of murder Leclere is made to stand atop a box with the noose still on while the actual culprit is sought. Here Batard has his change, and where Leclere figured his hound would precede him to hell, it is in fact the opposite.
The Story of Jees Uck This tale is much like ‘The Faith of Men’, only Jees Uck and Neil Bonner were married prior to Bonners departure to his hometown – San Francisco. Jees Uck waits a few years, works many jobs and saves money so that she and her child ‘Neil’ or ‘Nee-al’ can travel to find Bonner. She rejects other suitors, sees her credit depreciated and through hardship finds Bonner wed to another woman. There is no effrontery, Jees Uck doesn’t acknowledge that the child is Bonner’s and his San Francisco wife doesn’t get the total picture, but he figures it out. Jees Uck returns home and the story ends with the child succeeding across many realms of his life.
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