Love of Life and Other Stories

<p><I>Love of Life and Other Stories</I> (1906) is a collection of short stories by American writer Jack London. Containing eight stories by the author a master of literary Naturalism and an experienced outdoorsman and adventurer <I>Love of Life and Other Stories</I> explores the experience of humanity on the edge of civilization. Set mostly in Canada and Alaska these stories follow characters for whom survival is a constant struggle for whom death is as familiar as a friend. Love of Life follows a gold prospector who is abandoned by his companion when he sprains his ankle crossing a creek. Shocked at first he quickly realizes that in order to survive he must keep moving. As he makes his was through the Canadian wilderness eating berries and weeds his only desire is to have just one more bullet with which to hunt for wild game. As day turns to night and as the next day fades to another he faces a hunger beyond description an emptiness food cannot fill. In A Day's Lodging a man retires for the night at a cabin he discovers in the wintry Yukon woods. As he settles in and prepares to feed his team of sled dogs two strangely familiar adventurers arrive and ask to share the cabin for the night. <I>Love of Life and Other Stories</I> is a masterful collection of short fiction by Jack London an icon of adventure writing..<p>Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>