A RELIC OF THE PLIOCENE by JACK LONDON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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An Alaskan hunter stops at a remote cabin far out on the outskirts of known country and tells our narrator an incredible tale of coming across a bull mammoth that killed his dog and her pups. Knowing that mammoths have been considered extinct for millions of years, our narrator asks the hunter to complete the story, which he does, telling of how he chased the mammoth into a box canyon and used only his brain to outwit and outlast the giant beast.. STORIES BY JACK LONDON JACK LONDON PODCAST
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Hello everyone and welcome to 1001 classic short stories and tales. |
| 0:33.9 | Today's story features an unusual adventure, the story of a hunter in Alaska who came across a |
| 0:39.5 | woolly mammoth and keep in mind that much of Alaska especially in the northeast is still |
| 0:44.4 | undiscovered. We do know that mammoths once existed during the Pliocene era which |
| 0:50.0 | was anywhere from 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago, and that was a time of global cooling after the warmer |
| 0:57.2 | Miocene era. The cooling and drying of the global environment may have contributed to the enormous spread of grasslands and |
| 1:05.0 | savannas during this time, which would have offered good forage for large animals like the |
| 1:10.8 | woolly mammoth. It's a fascinating Jack London story and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. |
| 1:16.0 | And now a relic of the Pliocene by Jack London. |
| 1:21.0 | I wash my hands of him at the start. by Jack London. |
| 1:25.0 | I wash my hands of him at the start. I cannot farther his tails, nor will I be responsible for them. |
| 1:30.0 | I make these preliminary reservations |
| 1:32.0 | observe as a guard upon my own integrity. |
| 1:36.0 | I possess a certain definite position in a small way, also a wife, and for the good name of the community that honors my existence with its approval, |
| 1:45.7 | and for the sake of her posterity and mine, I cannot take the chances I once did, nor foster |
| 1:52.4 | probabilities with the careless improvidence of youth. |
| 1:56.8 | So I repeat, I wash my hands of him, this Nimrod, this mighty hunter, this homely blue-eyed prequel-faced Thomas Stevens. |
| 2:07.0 | Having been honest to myself and to whatever prospective olive branches my wife may be pleased to tender me, I can now afford to be generous. |
| 2:17.2 | I shall not criticize the tales told me by Thomas Stevens, and further I shall withhold my judgment. |
| 2:24.0 | If it be asked why, I can only add that judgment I have none. |
| 2:29.0 | Long have I pondered, weighed, and balanced, but never have my conclusions been twice the same. |
| 2:37.8 | Forsooth! |
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