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Podcast: 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Episode: THE HEATHEN by JACK LONDON
Description: In this South Seas story, our protagonist befriends an island man named Otoo and they become3 inseparable for years . Otoo becomes a stalwart protector and invaluable business asset and the two experience all kinds of danger as well as success. They become blood brothers, and, as the island custom dictates, they trade names. In the reviews I answer a listener's concern that Jack London became an avowed socialist in his later writing years. Pardon my voice in this last review section as I needed to wrap up this episode today. The story is clear voice all the...