| Burning Daylight Contributor(s): Ballin, G-Ph (Editor), London, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 1542303397 ISBN-13: 9781542303392 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Lexile Measure: 1020 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.21 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: R sum Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London which was one of the best-selling books of that year and it was London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of an adventurer who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. He then starts out as a merciless exploiter on his own account. Finally he takes to drinking and becomes a picture of degeneration. About this time he falls in love with his stenographer and wins her heart but not her hand and then--but read the story |