The Cruise of the Dazzler

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London. Read in English by Robert Keiper Young Joe Bronson, caught between poor grades and his father's threats of military school, runs away from home. He joins the crew of a sloop named the Dazzler, but quickly figures out his captain, Pete Le Maire (nicknamed "French Pete") frequently engages himself and those at his command in criminal activity. Will Joe be able to escape this unwanted and dangerous new life at sea? Published in 1902, Jack London sold this book (his first full-length novel) as a boy's adventure novel set in San Francisco, his hometown. In his autobiography, London recalls lifting several more elements in this novel from his adolescence, as in youth he bought a sloop called the Razzle Dazzle from a oyster pirate nicknamed "French Frank." - Summary by Mary Kay For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (98MB)

Directors & creators

Jack London

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;orphans; nautical; sailor; San Francisco; California; runaway; pirates; Storm; sea; criminals; mutiny; theft; weather; sailing; adventure novel; captain; escape; boat; robbery; iron; san francisco bay; poaching; sloop; criminal activity; oyster pirate; santa cruz; autobiographical element; boy protagonist

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