Sporting Blood: Selections from Jack London's Greatest Sports Writing

By Jack London

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891411267
• ISBN13: 9780891411260
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Get away from only "White Fang" or "Call of the Wild"

Most people who have read Jack London know him through the enforced reading of "Call of the Wild" during middle or high school. But he was a writer of such breadth of interest that a young person who is put off by these massive novels should still find him interesting here.Jack London was of the period of Teddy Roosevelt, the Wright Brothers, the Panama Canal, and the great explorers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. As such, he reflects in his writings of this sense of adventure and unconquerable spirit.While this book does have a few short stories that I have only read the once, and haven't turned back to. It does possess some real gems that you'll read over and over throughout your life, and suggest to others interested in London. My personal favorites in here are "The Mexican". A great story of a man fighting for more than money. "A Piece of Steak", a story that has you cheering and crying for the hero of the tale. And, "A Gobbotto Night", is a great little number that speaks volumes about human nature.While I'm writing this, the book is currently out of print, but if you can find a copy -- please purchase it. You'll enjoy it for years to come, and most certainly pass it on to others!