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''Jack London's San Francisco Stories'' is an anthology of Jack London short stories set in the San Francisco Bay Area. The book was edited by Matthew Asprey. The preface is a reprint of Rodger Jacobs' 2003 essay ''Ghost Land'', a personal meditation on Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland, CA. The anthology is published by Sydney Samizdat Press through Amazon.com's CreateSpace print on demand service. == Background == Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876 and wrote about the Bay Area repeatedly throughout his career. Those stories have never been previously collected in a single Bay Area-themed volume. As the back cover copy of the book states, "Although famous for his stories of the Klondike and the Pacific, London wrote extensively about his home base. This collection contains such classic stories as 'The Apostate' and 'South of the Slot' as well as extracts from ''John Barleycorn'' and ''The Sea-Wolf''. The overlooked 1905 story cycle ''Tales of the Fish Patrol'' is included in its entirety. London's vivid eyewitness report of the Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire - which destroyed forever the old city - stands as a fitting epilogue."〔(www.jacklondon-sanfrancisco.com )〕 The cover of the collection reproduces a photograph of Market Street in San Francisco circa 1900. Rodger Jacobs discussed the book in an article for the ''Las Vegas Sun'' on September 26, 2010〔(''Hostile towards Homelessness'', Las Vegas Sun, 10/26/2010 )〕 and in an interview with Montreal's ''La Presse'' on November 20, 2010.〔(''À deux doigts de la rue'', La Presse, 11/20/2010 )〕 San Francisco writer Don Herron reviewed the book on January 27, 2011. He said: "A meaty compactly packaged book. If you don’t have these stories, a great intro to a city that was lost in the 1906 quake and fire, by the most famous author born in town."〔(Don Herron, 'Frisco Beat: Native Son', Up and Down These Mean Streets 01/27/2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack London's San Francisco Stories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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