Jack London is considered to be one of the greatest adventure writers of the literary world. His life was an adventure...and he drew heavily from his own experiences. At age 13 he was working 12-18 hours a week in a cannery in San Francisco, and by age 15, he borrowed enough to buy his own sloop, which he put to work pirating oysters. &nbsp;The oyster industry was booming due to a huge demand nationwide from restaurants, and the "Oyster pirates" were stealing oysters from the shallow bay bottoms that were difficult for those licensing those areas to protect, and selling them in Oakland for less than the market price established by the larger, legal monopolies. London soon changed his vocation to game warden, working with the "Fish Patrol" that hunted down oyster poachers and put them in jail or fined them. This story is a part of Jack Londons' "Seven Stories of the Fish Patrol".&nbsp;

A RAID ON THE OYSTER PIRATES by JACK LONDON

In this excellent sci-fi short storyby Ray Bradbury, a hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to a time machine safari service to bag the ultimate trophy. The company guarantees his safety but not his return...and sets strict rules so as not to upset the balance of nature in the past...which may affect the present in terrible ways.
In a career spanning more than 70 years, Bradbury inspired generations of readers to think, dream, and create. A prolific author of short stories and close to 50 books, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

A SOUND OF THUNDER by RAY BRADBURY

In this short story by Bret Harte, first published in the August
1868 issue of Overland Monthly, a baby boy is born an orphan in a
gold mining camp in California and raides by a grizzled bunch of
miners. This story helped to puch Bret Harte to international
prominence as a writer, and contains a veritable cornucopia of
descriptive words- a great tool for learning and expanding your
literary horizons.&nbsp;

THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE

In this story from our 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories &amp;
Mysteries show a ship carrying a small family disappears without a
clue.

THE MYSTERY OF THE GHOST SHIP MARY CELESTE

This is the story of the little known breed of horse that served Australia in two world wars and their plight today.

AUSTRALIA'S WALERS

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THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP by BRET HARTE

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