Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "South Sea Tales" is a collection of amazing short stories like "The Whale Tooth", "Mauki", and "Yah! Yah! Yah!". Most of them are set aboard a ship or in island communities.