| The Strength of the Strong Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798661206824 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 102 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Old Long-Beard paused in his narrative, licked his greasy fingers, and wiped them on his naked sides where his one piece of ragged bearskin failed to cover him. Crouched around him, on their hams, were three young men, his grandsons, Deer-Runner, Yellow-Head, and Afraid-of-the-Dark. In appearance they were much the same. Skins of wild animals partly covered them. They were lean and meagre of build, narrow-hipped and crooked-legged, and at the same time deep-chested, with heavy arms and enormous hands. There was much hair on their chests and shoulders, and on the outsides of their arms and legs. Their heads were matted with uncut hair, long locks of which often strayed before their eyes, beady and black and glittering like the eyes of birds. They were narrow between the eyes and broad between the cheeks, while their lower jaws were projecting and massive. It was a night of clear starlight, and below them, stretching away remotely, lay range on range of forest-covered hills. In the distance the heavens were red from the glow of a volcano. At their backs yawned the black mouth of a cave, out of which, from time to time, blew draughty gusts of wind. Immediately in front of them blazed a fire. At one side, partly devoured, lay the carcass of a bear, with about it, at a respectable distance, several large dogs, shaggy and wolf-like. Beside each man lay his bow and arrows and a huge club. In the cave-mouth a number of rude spears leaned against the rock. "So that was how we moved from the cave to the tree," old Long-Beard spoke up. They laughed boisterously, like big children, at recollection of a previous story his words called up. - Taken from "The Strength of the Strong" written by Jack London |