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Tales of the Fish Patrol

Jack London
Introduction by Jerry George

160 pages (5x7)
Trade Paper, ISBN: 1-59714-005-8, $11.95

A California Legacy book

Not many folks know about this long-lost gem from Jack London. Now, one hundred years after its initial publication, Santa Clara University and Heyday Books are pleased to bring you this rollicking collection of tales from the San Francisco Bay.

For one hundred and fifty years this bay has been the life source of the communities around it, yet in history books and literature we see only images of streetcars and bridges, politicians and artists. It is through Jack London that we see the nascent immigrant communities of Greeks and Chinese in their shrimp boats and sloops, and the early appearance of fishing laws to protect an already dwindling resource. His storytelling sharp as ever, London gives us a portrait of the bay like you’ve never seen it—from the water, and full of high adventure.

Reviews:

An Easy Bay Express recommended book

“These stories add up to pure adolescent adventure.”—San Francisco Magazine

About the Author:

Jack London (1876-1916) is the author of Call of the Wild, White Fang, Sea Wolf, and many other well-loved classics of American literature. He lived in Oakland.