Burning Daylight

In Jack London’s lifetime, Burning Daylight was one of his best-selling books, yet it has been largely out of print for decades. Now the novel is being brought back for a new generation of readers to discover.

The story features one of London’s most engaging larger-than-life protagonists, Elam Harnish, a prospector with John Henry-like strength and a thirst for gold-plated wealth. Harnish, the “Burning Daylight” of the title, eventually strikes it rich through his talent in the mines—and at...