"These stories add up to pure adolescent adventure."San Francisco Magazine

This volume of memoirs describes some of the earliest adventures of Jack London's exceptional life. At just sixteen, he joined the force of the San Francisco Bay Fish Patrol, a kind of police for oyster pirates and outlaw fisherman at the dawn of the twentieth century. This formative experience introduced him to a world of colorful and ruthless characters and a life of brawny heroism, peril, and humor.

Now readers can rediscover this little known chapter of London's and San Francisco's history, chronicled with theatrical flair by one of our greatest storytellers.