A HYPERBOREAN BREW by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Arts, Fiction

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🗓️ 7 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In Greek Mythology, the Hyperboreans were a mythical people who lived in the far Northern reaches of the world- a blessed land where the sun always shines. In this story, our narrator is being told a story by an old acquaintance, a white man and traveler known to the frequent the far north, who has returned from living for a winter with a native tribe near the Arctic Circle. The story tells of his rise and fall within the tribe as he becomes involved in a Machiavellian scheme or revenge to seize power within the tribe after being starved out and treated with derision by the tribe's shaman. In short- its "Game of Thrones" played out in the far North. Open these links and subscribe free to enjoy our shows! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Google Podcasts FREE: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20radio%20days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales at Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vQURMNzU3MzM0Mjg0NQ== 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries at Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20heroes 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories (& Tales from Arthur Conan Doyle) https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20sherlock%20holmes 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre on Spotify: https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20ghost%20stories 1001 Stories for the Road on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20stories%20for%20the%20road Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/search/1001%20greatest%20love%20stories 1001 History's Best Storytellers: (author interviews) on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/1001-historys-best-storytellers APPLE USERS Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at Apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 History's Best Storytellers (Interviews) on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW Enjoy 1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories and The Best of Arthur Conan Doyle https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-sherlock-holmes-stories-best-sir-arthur-conan/id1534427618 Get all of our shows at one website: https://.1001storiespodcast.com REVIEWS NEEDED . My email works as well for comments: 1001storiespodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! https://.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're going to. The Welcome back everyone to 1001 one classic short stories and tales.
0:34.0	This is your host John Hagordorn.
0:36.0	Today a story from one of my favorite classic authors, Jack London,
0:40.0	called A Hyperborian Brew.
0:42.0	The definition of hyperborian, a member of a race of people
0:46.8	thought by the ancient Greeks to live beyond the north wind in a region of perpetual sunshine.
0:52.4	So I think you can guess where this story is going to take it. in a region of perpetual sunshine.
0:52.6	So I think you can guess where this story is going to take us.
0:56.7	I want to share a great quote from London too as well.
0:59.8	Life is not always a matter of holding good hands, but playing a poor one as well.
1:06.4	I hope you enjoy the story.
1:10.4	Thomas Stephen's veracity may have been indeterminate as X, and his imagination, the
1:16.2	imagination of ordinary men increased the nth power, but this at least must be said. Never did he deliver himself of word nor deed that could be branded as a lie outright.
1:27.7	He may have played with probability and verged on the extremist edge of possibility, but in his tales the machinery never creaked.
1:36.0	That he knew the Northland like a book, not a soul can deny.
1:40.0	That he was a great traveler and had set foot on countless unknown trails many
1:45.5	evidences affirm. Outside of my own personal knowledge I knew men that had met him
1:50.9	everywhere but principally on the confines of nowhere.
1:55.8	There was Johnson, the ex-Hudson Bay Company factor, who had housed him in a Labrador factory
2:00.6	until his dogs rested up a bit, and he was able to strike out again.
2:04.3	There was McMahon, agent for the Alaska Commercial Company, who had run across him in Dutch
2:08.6	harbor, and later on, among the outline islands of the Aleutian group.
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