In the title story a Polish exile, captured by natives in Russian America, faces torture and searches for a trick to cheat it. The collection also gathers “To Build a Fire”, in which a man and a dog test themselves against seventy-five below; the comic “That Spot” about an unkillable sled dog; “Trust”; “Flush of Gold”; “The Passing of Marcus O’Brien” and “The Wit of Porportuk”.
Contains London’s most anthologised story, and shows him at the height of his Klondike powers. Download the free EPUB.