Publisher's Synopsis
Before anyone knew there was such a thing, Jack London gave us the natural: Young Pat Glendon has never drunk alcohol nor tasted tobacco. He loves nature, is afraid of cities, and is shy of women. And he is a perfect fighter. Summoned from the city to consider such a prospect, cynical Sam Stubener, manager of prize-fighters, is struck by the boy's extraordinary athletic grace?and soon man and boy are off to San Francisco to take on the heavyweight world.The Abysmal Brute is the story of natural grace pitted against worldly brutishness.
