Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection of essays, short sketches, London's introduction to Richard Henry Dana's wonderful book Two Years Before the Mast, and even some plays. Most of the work was light-hearted, except for the title essay The Human Drift, where London discusses the way man has spread over the continents in waves throughout history and ponders the results and eventual end of this drift. Contents The Human Drift -- Small-Boat Sailing -- Four Horses and a Sailor -- Nothing that Ever Came to Anything -- That Dead Men Rise up Never -- A Classic of the Sea -- A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser) -- The Birth Mark (Sketch)
