Sunday, January 1, 2012

To build a fire by Jack London

Terry had read this when he was a kid and it really stuck with him.  I was able to find it and we read it together. This was a short story about a man and his dog in the Yukon who were trying to get to camp.  He had underestimated how cold it really was.  He was doing fine until he went through some ice and got wet up to his knees and had to start a fire.  He had a great fire but built it in the wrong place.  Needless to say he could not get a fire going again.  London pulled you in with his descriptions, images and emotions and you could feel the cold just seeping into your own bones.  I found this in PDF form on line and I highly recommend that you find this a read it.  It will not take you more that 45 minutes, but it will stay with you a long time.  (NOOK)

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