THE SUN DOG TRAIL by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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"The Sun Dog Trail" by Jack London: In this tense Jack London short story, set in the harsh wilderness of the Alaskan Yukon, an Indian guide named Sitka Charlie is paid by a white woman to take her on a dangerous journey 1,500 miles by sled on the trail of man that takes them to the Bering Straits. 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	The Oh, Welcome to another episode from 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries. This one a two-part Jack London short story
0:35.5	titled The Sun Dog Trail. London drew upon his experiences in the Alaskan
0:41.7	Klondike for the rich story and
0:43.7	characterizations he uses in this great tale. We have two sponsors with us today
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0:57.0	As to Jack London's short stories, they were always drawn from experience.
1:04.0	Western writer and historian Dale L. Walker had this to say about Jack London.
1:10.0	London's true Mintier was his short story.
1:13.0	London's true genius lay in the short form,
1:16.0	7500 words and under,
1:18.0	where the flood of images in his teeming brain
1:20.0	and the
1:25.0	and innate power of his narrative gift were it once constrained and freed. His stories that run longer than the magic 7500, generally, but certainly not always,
1:30.0	could have benefited from self-editing.
1:34.3	London's strength of utterance is at its height in his stories and their
1:38.6	painstakingly well constructed.
1:41.1	To build a fire now in our archives here is the best known of all his short stories
1:46.0	Said in the harsh Klondike it recounts the haphazard trek of a new arrival who has ignored an old-timer's warning about the risks of traveling alone.
1:56.0	Falling through the ice into a creek in 75 below weather, the unnamed man is keenly aware that survival depends on his untested skills at quickly
2:05.1	building a fire to dry his clothes and warm his extremities.
2:09.6	London was also a boxing fan and an avid amateur boxer, a piece of steak. a
2:13.4	piece of steak,
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