These 12 stories were chosen and edited by Franklin K. Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, "to exercise both the boy's mind and conscience; that seeing and feeling life and nature as Jack London saw and felt it—the best and the worst in human nature, with the Infinite always near and from whom there is no escape—seeing and feeling such things boys will develop the emotional muscles of the spirit, have opened up new windows to their imaginations, and withal add some line or color to their life's ideals." (Summary by TriciaG)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
02:44 - Chapter 2
Brown Wolf
34:48 - Chapter 3
That Spot
29:22 - Chapter 4
Trust
30:21 - Chapter 5
All Gold Canyon
46:43 - Chapter 6
The Story of Keesh
19:57 - Chapter 7
Nam-Bok The Unveracious
33:33 - Chapter 8
Yellow Handkerchief
34:25 - Chapter 9
Make Westing
23:06 - Chapter 10
The Heathen
44:04 - Chapter 11
The Hobo and the Fairy
37:50 - Chapter 12
"Just Meat"
42:49 - Chapter 13
A Nose for the King
10:18