Series II

**INTRODUCTION** ix **NORTHERN TALES AND STORIES OF ADVENTURE** 1 To Build a Fire 3 Keesh, the Bear Hunter 8 Up the Slide 13 TheWitofPorportuk 17 The White Man's Way 31 A Thousand Deaths 41 Brown Wolf 47 The Sun-Dog Trail 60 Love of Life 74 Even Unto Death 90 An Adventure in the Upper Sea 93 The Unexpected 96 The King of Mazy May 110 Thanksgiving on Slav Creek 114 Dutch Courage 119 The Banks of the Sacramento 125 **A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS** 131 **BEFORE ADAM** 281 **TALES OF THE SEA** 359 The Lost Poacher 361 Chris Farrington: Able Seaman 367 In Yeddo Bay 371 To Repel Boarders 376 Tales of the Fish Patrol 383 White and Yellow 383 The King of the Greeks 391 A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 398 The Siege of the Lancashire Queen 406 Charley's Coup 414 Demetrios Contos 423 Yellow Handkerchief 431 **THE CRUISE OF THE DAZZLER** 441 **THE GAME** 511 **MOON FACE AND OTHER STORIES** 549 Moon Face 551 The Leopard Man's Story 554 Local Color 557 Amateur Night 566 The Minions of Midas 576 The Shadow and the Flash 586 All Gold Canyon 595 Planchette 608 **TALES OF TRAVEL** 637 My Life in the Underworld 639 "Holding Her Down" 646 "Pinched" 656 The "Pen" 664 The Voyage of the Snark 671 **MORE STORIES** 677 An Old Soldier's Story 679 Who Believes in Ghosts! 682 The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone 687 A Lesson in Heraldry 693 The Proper "Girlie" 698 Semper Idem 701 The Apostate 703 A Nose for the King 716 The End of the Chapter 721

Year

1988

Language

English

Publisher

Random House Value Publishing

Editions

3

Pages

723

ISBN

9780517385814

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