Jack London — oyster pirate, hobo, seal hunter, and prospector before he was twenty-four — also reported prizefights for the papers, and this short 1905 novel is the most exact account of the ring in American literature. Joe Fleming has sworn to his girl that he will hang up the gloves after one last bout, and she asks to watch it from behind a curtain at ringside. This edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 30 full-page color plates, Bellows among them.
