The Sea Wolf and Other Selected Stories

In this saga of the sea, Jack London creates a gripping, heroic struggle between two contrasting types, Wolf Larson and Humphrey Van Weyden. The book begins when Van Weyden's ship sinks in San Francisco Harbor. Rescued by Larson, Van Weyden is forced to serve as cook's scullion. Larson heads for the Bering Sea, where Van Weyden finds human cruelty is matched only by nature.