The Works of Jack London, Vol. 12 (of 17) The Jacket (Star-Rover); The Kempton-Wace Letters; The Little Lady of the Big House

A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. A triangle romance provides the basis for a questioning of the meaning of masculinity, as well as an examination of agribusiness in California.