Dutch Courage and Other Stories(III) 酒后之勇和其他故事集（英文版） (English Edition)

Jack London (1876-1916), was an American author and a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction. One of these ten, "Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan," was written when London was only 17, it was the first story he ever wrote for publication and it once won first prize in a contest sponsored by "The San Francisco Call," Charmian London writes in the introduction: "The boy Jack's unexpected success in that competition Greatly stimulated him. It was, for one thing, the most cheeringly way he had ever earned so much money, even if it lacked the element of physical prowess and danger that had marked those purple days with the oyster pirates. Other include: "The Lost Poacher," "Chris Farrington-Able Seaman," "An Adventure in the Upper Sea," "Bald Face," "In Yeddo Bay," "Whose Business Is To Live," The book is especially suited to the boy reader.

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