Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. The Human Drift includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing", "Four Horses and a Sailor", and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" — a nautical ghost story of London's youth. Brown Wolf and Other Stories is a collection of adventure short stories that includes many amazing tales such as "That Spot", "Trust", "All Gold Canyon", and "The Story of Keesh."