The Sea-Wolf (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack London
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1904
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Escapes, Brothers, Death or dying, Revenge, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Cruelty, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Hunting or hunters, Pacific Ocean, Mutiny
- Locales: Islands, San Francisco, CA, Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea
Places Discussed
*San Francisco Bay. California’s great natural harbor, in which the novel opens with the protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, crossing the bay on a ferryboat. In the midst of a dense fog, the ferry collides with another ship, and Van Weyden is washed out to sea by strong currents, leaving behind the soft and comfortable life that civilized San Francisco represents. Near the Farallon Islands, about thirty miles west of the coast, he is rescued by the schooner Ghost.
Ghost. Seal-hunting schooner bound for Japan on which most of the novel takes...
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