THE MADNESS OF JOHN HARNED by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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An American man witnesses his first bullfight in Ecuador and becomes enraged at the gore and violence which is enjoyed by the thousands of fans in the name of entertainment. Adult content: violence, animal suffering. 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 The Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic Classic Short Stories and Tales.
0:35.0	It's Jack London January, and here's another great story from the Master of Action Short Stories,
0:41.0	Jack London.
0:42.0	There's two sides to Bull fighting and you'll hear them both in this
0:46.7	terrific story. And now, the Madness of John Harid by Jack London. I'd tell this for a fact. It happened in the bull ring at
0:57.9	Quito. I sat in the box with John Harne and with Maria Valenzuela and with Luis Servallos. with I was on the steamer Ecuador from Panama to Gayaquille.
1:14.5	Maria Valenzuela is my cousin.
1:16.9	I have known her always.
1:18.8	She is very beautiful.
1:20.8	I am a Spaniard, an Ecuadoriano, true, but I am a Spaniard and Ecuadoriano true but I am descended from Pedro Patino who was one of
1:27.2	Pizarro's captains. They were brave men. They were heroes. Did not Pizarro lead 350 Spanish cavaliers and 4,000 Indians into the
1:39.5	far Cordilleras in search of treasure? And did not all the 4,000 Indians and 300 of the
1:46.2	brave cavaliers die on that vein quest but Pedro Patino did not die. He it was that lived to found the family of the Patino.
1:56.5	I am Ecuadoriano, true, but I am Spanish.
2:00.7	I am Manuel de Jesus Patino. I own many haciendas and 10,000 Indians are my slaves,
2:09.3	though the law says they are free men who work by freedom of contract.
2:14.4	The law is a funny thing.
2:16.5	We Ecuadorianos laugh at it.
2:19.1	It is our law.
2:20.5	We make it for ourselves. I Emmanuel de Jesus Patino.
2:25.0	Remember that name.
2:27.0	It will be written someday in history.
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