
De Ongelikte Beer - Door Jack London Geautoriseerde vertaling van Anna van Gogh-Kaulbach - A.W. Bruna & Zoon Uitgevers Mij. Utrecht
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Sam Stubener, a seasoned manager of prizefighters, wades through a flood of odd letters—threats, offers, even a razor made from a stripped skin—when one envelope from a forgotten post office in Siskiyou catches his eye. The missive claims to know a boxer who never saw the spotlight, a 22‑year‑old named Pat Glendon, who can deliver a punch twice as hard as any veteran’s. Intrigued and wary, Sam must decide whether this phantom champion is a hoax or the key to a new era in the ring.
The story pulls listeners into the gritty world of early twentieth‑century boxing, where promoters scramble for fame and fighters live by the swing of a glove. As Sam delves deeper, he confronts the legend of the “unfortunate boxer” whose name haunts every record book despite never having held a title. The mystery of Pat Glendon’s rise, the promise of a fortune, and the moral gamble of exploiting a talent that might be more myth than man keep the tension alive.
Language
nl
Duration
~3 hours (206K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/
Release date
2008-05-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1876–1916
Adventure, hardship, and restless curiosity run through these stories from one of America’s most widely read early twentieth-century writers. Best known for The Call of the Wild and White Fang, he turned a short, intense life into fiction that still feels vivid and direct.
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