false 70791 10 Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title-offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of To Build a Fire and Other Stories includes an Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by David Lubar.It was so cold that his spit froze in the air before it hit the ground. He was so far above the Artic Circle that the sun never rose. Seventy below zero, and there was nothing but whiteness in every direction: ice and snow. No trees, no houses, no wood, no warmth.He had only a few matches and a handful of frozen fingers. And yet, to survive, he had to build a fire....Jack London's tales of adventure were unsurpassed because London was there. From Alaska to the Yukon, from the Klondike to the Arctic tundra, London knew the outlaws and the wolves, the prospectors and the grizzlies. In these collected stories of man against the wilderness, London lays claim to the title of greatest outdoor adventure writer of all time. 277760 1986 To Build a Fire and Other Stories total:786|5:255|4:307|3:184|2:24|1:16| 786 3119 953 37 5 2 false false Fri Jun 22 12:56:42 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 12:57:28 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 00:47:08 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 06:00:53 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 05 06:53:52 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 20:24:40 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 06:53:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 20 09:52:16 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 09:59:58 -0700 2007 Jack London's short stories are astonishing. I read them last year, and my jaw was agape the entire time. I highly recommend them.]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 21 19:52:57 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 19:54:39 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Sat Aug 04 11:15:04 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 11:15:23 -0700 2007 These stories were weirder than I recalled.]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 31 19:22:53 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 19:36:41 -0700 2007
The plot for To Build A Fire can be summarized with: There’s a man in the wilderness and he’s trying to build a fire. In fact, the title itself summarizes the story. But this is a story you have to experience—a summary just doesn’t do it...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 23:29:52 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 23:47:48 -0700 2009
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It's probably responsible for any gender confusion I've felt.

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