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Title: To Build a Fire Title Record # 945702
Author: Jack London
Date: 1908-08-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: americanenglish.state.gov, pseudopod.org
Language: English
Synopsis: A man and dog are trying to hike a trail to camp in the Yukon when the temperature is 75 below zero.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1929Translated by Erwin Magnus
German Das Feuer im Schnee

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Century Magazine, August 1908 1908-08-00 ed. Editors of Century Magazine        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag  
Tellers of Tales: 100 Short Stories from the United States, England, France, Russia and Germany 1939-00-00 ed. W. Somerset Maugham Doubleday, Doran  
$3.75?$: US dollar
xxxxii+
1526
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories 1939-00-00 ed. Angus Burrell, Bennett A. Cerf Random House     xviii+
1347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1967-04-00 ed. George Bennett Dell Laurel-Leaf 3202
$0.45?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers  
Some Things Weird and Wicked 1976-03-12 ed. Joan Kahn Pantheon Books 0-394-83244-2
$5.95?$: US dollar
x+
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Alan E. Cober  
Das Feuer im Schnee 1977-02-00 Jack London dtv 3-423-01241-2
DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
146
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Celestino Piatti  
Some Things Weird and Wicked 1977-08-00 ed. Joan Kahn Bantam Books 0-553-10608-2
$1.50?$: US dollar
xii+
207+
[5]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Bob Larkin Checkmark
Great Tales of Action and Adventure 1977-11-00 ed. George Bennett Dell 0-440-93202-5
$1.50?$: US dollar
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Richard Powers Checkmark
Twenty-Two Tales 1981-00-00 ed. Kenneth D. McCormick The Franklin Library     xv+
446
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Adventure Stories for Boys 1983-00-00 ed. John Canning Octopus Books 0-7064-0692-3   400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great American Short Stories 2002-07-23 ed. Paul Negri Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) 0-486-42119-8
$3.50?$: US dollar
vi+
248
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Horrific Fables 2010-09-26 ed. Thomas Huff Horrific Books 978-0-557-45162-3 / 2010909958
$12.95?$: US dollar
194
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Thomas Huff , J. H. E. Partington Checkmark
Horrific Fables 2011-06-22 ed. Thomas Huff Horrific Books 978-1-257-84660-3 / 2010909958
$27.95?$: US dollar
194
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Thomas Huff , J. H. E. Partington Checkmark
Survive, or Die! 21 Ultimate Adventures 2013-00-00 ed. T. M. Gray, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-935573-67-8
$19.95?$: US dollar
432
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Pseudopod, #366 2013-12-27 ed. Shawn Garrett Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
Easy Reading for Difficult Devils 2014-06-19 ed. Zachary T. Owen Satanic Panic Publications  
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Steve Zafino Checkmark
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume 1 2019-04-05 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$29.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Northern Darkness: 19 Great Stories Set in the Northern Region of the American Continent 2024-00-00 ed. Jeffrey A. Linscott, Jon A. Schlenker, Charles G. Waugh Sam Teddy Publishing 978-1-943022-78-6
$24.95?$: US dollar
353
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
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