The Sea-Wolf

"One may see the soul stir in some men's eyes, but his were bleak, and cold, and gray as the sea itself."

Humphrey Van Weyden is swept overboard in San Francisco Bay and plucked up by the Ghost. The vessel's captain is the Sea-Wolf, a strong and unmerciful tyrant.
Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a shipboard drama mounting in mutiny and shipwreck.
Jack London firmly believes in the triumph of good. This classic American tale has influenced writers such as Hemingway and Or ...