Cruise of the Dazzler

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Action & Adventure

Authors: Jack London In Year : 1902

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Cruise of the Dazzler

Foreword
Chapter I: Brother and Sister
Chapter II: "The Draconian Reforms"
Chapter III: "Brick," "Sorrel-top" and "Reddy"
Chapter IV: The Biter Bitten
Chapter V: Home Again
Chapter VI: Examination Day
Chapter VII: Father and Son
Chapter VIII: 'Frisco Kid and the New Boy
Chapter IX: Aboard the Dazzler
Chapter X: With the Bay Pirates
Chapter XI: Captain and Crew
Chapter XII: Joe Tries to Take French Leave
Chapter XIII: Befriending Each Other
Chapter XIV: Among the Oyster-Beds
Chapter XV: Good Sailors in Wild Anchorage
Chapter XVI: 'Frisco Kid's Ditty-Box
Chapter XVII: 'Frisco Kid Tells His Story
Chapter XVIII: A New Responsibility for Joe
Chapter XIX: The Boys Plan an Escape
Chapter XX: Perilous Hours
Chapter XXI: Joe and His Father

Young Joe Bronson, caught between poor grades and his father's threats of military school, runs away from home. He joins the crew of a sloop named the Dazzler, but quickly figures out his captain, Pete Le Maire (nicknamed "French Pete") frequently engages himself and those at his command in criminal activity. Will Joe be able to escape this unwanted and dangerous new life at sea?

Published in 1902, Jack London sold this book (his first full-length novel) as a boy's adventure novel set in San Francisco, his hometown. In his autobiography, London recalls lifting several more elements in this novel from his adolescence, as in youth he bought a sloop called the Razzle Dazzle from a oyster pirate nicknamed "French Frank." - Summary by Mary Kay