LONDON, Jack

The Heathen

Perfection Micro-Classic, [1970] n.d. Reprint. Later Edition. (20.5cm); white illustrated wrappers in orange and black; 37pp.; minor wear only; Near Fine.

"I met him first in a hurricane. And though we had been through the hurricane on the same schooner, it was not until the schooner had gone to pieces under us that I first laid eyes on him. Without doubt I had seen him with the rest of the Kanaka crew on board, but I had not consciously been aware of his existence...

A pearl-buyer named Charley is a passenger on a ship in the South Seas crewed by Hawaiians; when a storm destroys the ship, a crewman named Otoo saves Charley's life, and they are the sole survivors. For the rest of his life, Otoo accompanies Charley everywhere, guiding, helping, and protecting him."
(from the text); (isfdb).

Price: $25.00

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