The Scarlet Plague - Softcover
Authored by Jack London, American novelist writer of the famous books “White Fang”, “The Sea Wolf” and “The Call of the Wild”. The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel. The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. An old man, James Howard Smith, one of the few survivors of the plague era is alive in the San Francisco area where he tries to establish his own civilization in the salvage world teaching values to his grandson. He is the only one who can convey the wonders of the arts, science and all the learning that was lost. But his efforts are in vain, for they live the primeval life of hunter-gatherers and ridicule his recollections of the past, which sound totally unbelievable to them, surmised in ignorance, barbarity with nothing more than myths and make-beliefs.
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About the Author:
John Griffith "Jack" London (1876–1916) is an American author, journalist, and social activist. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".
Review:
"London's style is typically lush but his viewpoint is skeptical and dystopian . . . [the] story reminds us of the dangers we still court with our careless ways." —The Times
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- PublisherQuiet Vision Pub
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1605450251
- ISBN 13 9781605450254
- BindingPerfect Paperback
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