The complete online text of The Red One by Jack London.

American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith Lon...

Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire, global traveler, and adventurer, London captured the...

"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: he was the product of a literary condition in America....

Catcher Ryan Jorgensen's first grand slam helped 29-year-old Tom Shearn win his long-awaited major league debut Sunday, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Florida Marlins 9-3 for their sixth straight victory.The rookie pitcher and his minor-league catcher kept the Reds on their best surge of...

Pedro Feliz hit a tying homer during a five-run sixth inning, rallying the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over Aaron Harang and the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.Daniel Ortmeier doubled and singled to help the Giants win consecutive games for the first time since...

Toyota's global production last year surged 10 percent to more than 9 million vehicles, narrowing the gap with General Motors, the world's No. 1 automaker.Toyota Motor Corp., riding on its reputation for fuel-efficient cars like the Prius hybrid, said Friday that it produced 9.018 million...

There's money in those pinstripes. The New York Yankees' value increased 17 percent in the past year to $1.2 billion, Forbes magazine said Thursday in its annual estimates of franchise worth.The Florida Marlins, given the lowest value at $244 million, had the highest operating income...