The Sea Wolf
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The Sea Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately, sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild. Ambrose Bierce wrote, "The great thing-and it is among the greatest of things-is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen... the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is enough for a man to do in one lifetime... The love element, with its absurd suppressions, and impossible proprieties, is awful." The personal character of the novel's antagonist "Wolf Larsen" wa, attributed to a real sailor London had known, Captain Alex MacLean. According to London himself, "much of the Sea Wolf is imaginary development, but the basis is Alexander McLean". Captain Alex MacLean, or McLean, was born May 15, 1858 in East Bay, Nova Scotia. He did sail mostly in the Pacific North West with his brother, Captain Dan MacLean.
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London, J. (2017). The Sea Wolf. [United States], Sheba Blake Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)London, Jack. 2017. The Sea Wolf. [United States], Sheba Blake Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)London, Jack, The Sea Wolf. [United States], Sheba Blake Publishing, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)London, Jack. The Sea Wolf. [United States], Sheba Blake Publishing, 2017.
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