THE KING OF THE GREEKS by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Jack London's life was full of adventure and his days working for the Fish Patrol on the California coast around Oakland were no exception. In those days Fish Patrol agents were getting shot by poachers- and one of the biggest and baddest was Big Alec, who was called "the King of the Greeks". Big Alec swore he would never be caught alive, and that's how it looked. That's when an unusual opportunity presented itself to the Fish patrol.... SUPPORT OUR SHOW MONTHLY AT PATREON Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork\ YOUR REVIEWS AT APPLE/ITUNES ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Catch RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 HEROES now at Apple iTunes Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622?mt=2 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901?mt=2 ANDROID USERS- CATCH OUR SHOWS AT WWW.CASTBOX.FM SUBSCRIBE FREE THEN SHARE THANK YOU 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id381734?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1114843?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Website For 1001 Heroes is still www.1001storiespodcast.com (we redirected that one to www.1001storiesnetwork.com) Website For 1001 Classic Short Stories is still www.1001classicshortstories.com ( we redirected that as well) Website for 1001 Stories For The Road is still www.1001storiesfortheroad (we redirected that one, too) Website for 1001 Radio Days is www.1001radiodays.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic Short Stories and Tales and our kickoff for Jack
0:36.0	London January at 1001 Classic Short Stories and Tales. This month we're
0:41.0	giving you bunches of Classic Stories from one of our listeners all-time
0:44.8	one-thousand-one favorites.
0:46.6	Judging from the listen counts Jack London gets every time we play his stories.
0:51.2	And many of you know from earlier episodes, one of Jack London's first jobs as a young man was working as a water patrolman for the fish patrol near Oakland, California. And it was rich ground for stories like this one.
1:03.0	In this story, the King of the Greeks,
1:05.0	London and his patrol mate Charlie
1:08.0	match witch with a known fish pirate called Big Alec,
1:11.0	who pretty much had total control of the waters and the law on the water
1:15.3	through intimidation and bribery. It looked for a long time like Big Alec was
1:20.3	going to own the upper hand until fortune came to the fish patrol in an unexpected way.
1:27.2	And now the King of the Greeks by Jack London.
1:33.0	Big Alec had never been captured by the Fish Patrol.
1:36.0	It was his boast that no man could take him alive,
1:39.0	and it was his history that of the many men who had tried to take him dead, none had succeeded.
1:45.0	It was also history that at least two patrolmen who had tried to take him dead had died themselves.
1:51.0	Further, no man violated the fish laws more systematically and deliberately than Big Alec.
1:59.5	He was called Big Alec because of his gigantic stature. His height was six feet three inches and
2:05.8	he was correspondingly broad-shouldered and deep-chested. He was splendidly
2:11.3	muscled and hardest steel and there were innumerable stories in circulation among the Fisher folk concerning his prodigious strength.
2:20.0	He was as bold and dominant of spirit as he was strong of body and because of this he was widely known by another name that of the King of the Greeks.
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