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Adventure, Captain David Grief The Pearls of Parlay Captain David Grief by Jack London Product Information Entertaining, atmospheric, and actionfilledyet difficult to obtain until nowthe eight short stories in Jack London s A Son of the Sun center on the thrilling exploits of Captain David Grief in the dangerous and exotic South Seas. Captain Grief encounters the adventurers, scoundrels, pirates, and opportunists who followed the example of their colonial predecessors and exploited the islands and their resources early in the twentieth century. Inspired by London s own voyage through the South Seas on board his selfmade yacht, the Snark, these stories paint a colorfuland at times horrifyingpicture of the remote South Pacific. Thomas R. Tietze and Gary J. Riedl provide concise and illuminating introductions to each story as well as informative notes. The volume is enlivened by reproductions of London s own photographs and maps, and by the illustrations that accompanied each story when fi