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Tales of the Fish Patrol - Jack London - Book 19
Title: Tales of the Fish Patrol
Overview: Wildest among the fisher-folk may be accounted the Chinese shrimp-catchers. It is the habit of the shrimp to crawl along the bottom in vast armies till it reaches fresh water when it turns about and crawls back again to the salt. And where the tide ebbs and flows, the Chinese sink great bag-nets to the bottom, with gaping mouths, into which the shrimp crawls and from which it is transferred to the boiling pot. This in itself would not be bad, were it not for the small mesh of the nets, so small that the tiniest fishes, little new-hatched things not a quarter of an inch long, cannot pass through. The beautiful beaches of Points Pedro and Pablo, where are the shrimp-catchers villages, are made fearful by the stench from myriads of decaying fish, and against this wasteful destruction, it has ever been the duty of the fish patrol to act. These stories are set in the waterways around San Francisco Bay and involve the fish patrol with a variety of characters of different ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. Famed American author Jack London lived and worked on the waterfront in his early years. He roamed from Benicia to Alviso as an ‘Oyster Pirate’ and later became a member of the ‘Fish Patrol’ enforcing fish poaching laws. It was during his stay in Benicia that he began to write and where he garnered the experiences and inspiration for two of his well-known works, “Tales of the Fish Patrol” and “John Barleycorn.” The Jurgensen Old Corner Saloon was located at Jack London Haunts (1892-1895) Semple Slips / Jurgensen Saloon and was a favorite hangout for London and provided much material for “John Barleycorn.”
Published: 1906
Series: Short Story Collections #3
Author: Jack London
Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Published 1900 Onward, Single Author Collections
Episode: Tales of the Fish Patrol - Jack London - Book 19
Part: 1 of 1
Length Part: 2:56:03
Book: 19
Length Book: 2:56:03
Episodes: 1 - 7 of 7
Narrator: Don W. Jenkins
Language: English
Rated: Guidance Suggested
Edition: Unabridged Audiobook
Keywords: determination, persistence, man versus nature, battle, morality play, perception, discovery, travels, adventure, family, jacklondon
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Credits: All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain. Wikipedia (c) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. WOMBO Dream. Jack London. Don W. Jenkins. Benicia Historical Society, Historic Downtown Benicia Walking Tour.
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