The Night-Born

This 1913 collection of short stories contains some of Jack Londons best tales, including: ""The Night-born"", ""The Madness of John Harned"", ""When the World was Young"", ""The Benefit of the Doubt"", ""Winged Blackmail"", ""Bunches of Knuckles"", ""War"", ""Under the Deck Awnings"", ""To Kill a Man"", and ""The Mexican"". John Griffith London (1876 - 1916), commonly known as Jack London, was an American journalist, social activist, and novelist. He was an early pioneer of commercial magazine fiction, becoming one of the first globally-famous celebrity writers who were able to earn a large amount of money from their writing. London is famous for his contributions to early science fiction and also notably belonged to ""The Crowd"", a literary group an Francisco known for its radical members and ideas. These fantastic stories are highly recommended for lovers of the form and constitute must-reads for fans of Londons writing. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.