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Jerry of the Islands

Jack London

Publisher: Avia Artis

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“Jerry of the Islands” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
Jerry of the Islands is a novel by American writer Jack London. The novel is set on the island of Malaita, a part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which in 1893 became a British protectorate. The hero of the novel is Irish terrier Jerry, who was a brother of a dog named Michael, about whom London wrote another novel—Michael, Brother of Jerry.
Available since: 12/03/2021.

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