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The Bones of Kahekili

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John Griffith London, born John Griffith Chaney, was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire" and "An Odyssey of the North". Because of early financial difficulties, he was largely self-educated past grammar school. London drew heavily on his life experiences in his writing. He spent time in the Klondike during the Gold Rush and at various times was an oyster pirate, a seaman, a sealer, and a hobo. His first work was published in 1898. A departure from London’s normal tales of the frozen North, all of these tales take place in the islands of Hawaii. The tales in The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii deal with racial issues, family relationships, leprosy quarantines, missionaries, and the diverse people who make their homes on the beautiful Hawaiian islands. London travelled to Hawaii in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including an eight-month stay shortly before he died in 1916. He had a fondness for the islands that is apparent in the rich descriptions in these tales. The Bones of Kahekili was first published in June 1916. An ancient Hawaiian servant recounts to his ranch-owner master a quite terrifying story of pagan bone-worship and ritual murder in the far-away days before the arrival of Western missionaries changed Hawaiian society forever. Enjoy free online English audiobook “The Bones of Kahekili”, a breathtaking short story by Jack London.