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Burning Daylight charts a meteoric rise as a shrewd businessman in the Alaskan gold fields, transforming from a rugged frontier hero into a savvy entrepreneur who thrives during the Klondike boom. Seeking new challenges, he turns his sights to the United States, where he again seeks riches. However, the cutthroat world of Wall Street proves a different kind of mine, and he is ultimately deceived by swindlers, learning hard lessons about ambition and morality. London’s tale balances action, adventure, and the stark reality of opportunism in America’s early 20th‑century economic landscape.
First publish date: December 1987
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: Jack London
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