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Joe Bronson, a young boy who lives in San Francisco, has trouble at home and at school. The never ending arguments with his father lead him to run away and join the crew of the Dazzler. Joe dreams of an sailor's life full of freedom and excitement but he soon realizes that he signed on a pirate ship. The only new friend he finds is the young ship boy Frisco Kid. The two kids face many adventures and finally plan to escape and start a new life...
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1902
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Jack London
7,636 books7,686 followersJohn Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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January 7, 2022
Another coming of age tale from Jack London. Joe Bronson, a kid from the good part of town in San Francisco decides that he wants to run away from his dreary life of history lessons and mathematics exams and join a ship. Before he runs away, he beats up a few of the tough kids from the poor part of town, winning respect from his friends and classmates.
Joe is employed on a sloop called Dazzler, where he befriends Frisco Kid, a former tramp who ran away from a boys prison. But soon Joe discovers that the Dazzler is a pirate ship. He decides that he wants to escape. The book features some sensational descriptions of life on a ship during a storm. Like Tales of the Fish Patrol, the novel is action packed and relentlessly thrilling.
Something kept me from enjoying it completely. Was it because Joe was a bit of a pussy for wanting to escape his life as a pirate and get back to his family after a night on the Dazzler? At the end of this short novel, Joe tells himself that he learnt a lot about life and humanity. After just four days on a sloop.
Joe is employed on a sloop called Dazzler, where he befriends Frisco Kid, a former tramp who ran away from a boys prison. But soon Joe discovers that the Dazzler is a pirate ship. He decides that he wants to escape. The book features some sensational descriptions of life on a ship during a storm. Like Tales of the Fish Patrol, the novel is action packed and relentlessly thrilling.
Something kept me from enjoying it completely. Was it because Joe was a bit of a pussy for wanting to escape his life as a pirate and get back to his family after a night on the Dazzler? At the end of this short novel, Joe tells himself that he learnt a lot about life and humanity. After just four days on a sloop.
December 25, 2016
“Pal Sokağı Çocukları” tadında başlayan roman, sonrasında London’ın pek çok romanında olduğu gibi kendi tecrübelerinden hareketle keyifli bir deniz serüvenine dönüşüyor. Romanın orijinal adı "Dazzler’ın Seferi". Bizde daha etkili bulduğum adıyla, "Denizin Çağrısı" olarak biliniyor. Gençlik romanlarının klasiklerinden; gençler için hazırlanan 100 Temel Eser listesinde sanırım yok, ama mutlaka olmalı. Aslında yıllar önce hazırlanan o liste de yeniden elden geçirilip, güncellenmeli.
January 28, 2019
Ilerde kizimin da kesinlikle okumasini istedigim yazarlardan Jack London’in keyifle okunan bir diger romani.
August 13, 2017
One of the things I enjoy most about reading works by Jack London are the place descriptions. "The Cruise of the Dazzler" is an action packed story that takes place in the San Francisco Bay area. Having grown up and worked my way through school on the Oakland waterfront, I truly enjoyed re-reading this story. London's technical descriptions of how his main character Joe, learned to sail from the Dazzler's young crewman, "Frisco - Kid," provided an authenticity that is sure to keep the attention of any reader.
May 13, 2020
Kitabın ana karakteri Joe adında 15 yaşında bir genç. Ev ve okul hayatının sıkıcı olduğunu düşünür ve kaçıp denizci olmak ister. Dört günlük deniz macerasında başına gelenleri okuruz kitapta. Kitabı beğendiğim için, hayattan her mana da sıkılan öğrencilerime kesinlikle tavsiye edeceğim:)
October 22, 2014
Oh, if he, Joe Bronson, were only on that fishing boat and sailing in with a deep-sea catch! Or if he were on that schooner, heading out into the sunset, into the world! That was life, that was living, doing something and being something in the world. And, instead, here he was, pent up in a close room, racking his brains about people dead and gone thousands of years before he was born.
Having no knowledge of who Jack London was before reading this, I can now safely say I know who he is. He was an American author born in 1876 and, judging from The Cruise of the Dazzler, really, really, really liked boats. Jack London loved them so much that this book, which was his first one to be published, is a boat-lovers-bonanza. I appreciate the enthusiasm in this book, and one has to wonder whether the starry-eyed protagonist who daydreams about sailing the seven seas while trying to study is actually Jack London himself.
Whatever the case, I found quite a bit to like here. I liked ‘Frisco Kid and Joe’s interactions, and enjoyed seeing Joe become a sailor, though I’m not the biggest fan of where this story eventually goes, and the message it’s trying to convey. You see, Joe ends up with a bunch of bay-pirates, who steal and do bad things. As much as Joe loves to sail, he’s a moral teenager, and doesn’t like thievery or dishonesty. To cut a long story short, once he leaves the bay-pirates, his dream of sailing is seemingly abandoned as he returns to his father and explains everything to him.
The novel ends on an odd note, really. I wanted to see Joe actually achieve his dream, maybe he and ‘Frisco Kid run away and get their own boat, something like that. Instead, the message of the book seems to be - get good grades, get a nice safe job, and beware of bad people. It’s pretty lame, really, though I understand what Jack London was going for. He was going for the whole ‘I’ve-returned-and-learnt-a-valuable-lesson’ thing. But I would have found it more interesting if this story ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum, y’know, the ‘don’t-stop-pushing-toward-your-dream’ thing.
Well, regardless, I had a pretty good time reading it, anyway. Props to Jack London for writing nice, concise chapters. Chapters in this book are not long, they’re short and sweet, which is just the way I like them. Also, rarely in this book did the writing feel monotonous or boring. There were a handful of times this happened though, but, as the chapters were such a nice length, there was never a time the book dragged horribly (cough, Dickens, cough). In an odd turn of events for me, I actually wished the overall novel length was longer, can you believe it!
Me of all people, who goes on and on about having books be nice and quick, get in get out and all the rest of it, me of all people is saying this! Yes, in fact, I am. You see, as I mentioned above, I wanted to see Joe actually achieve his dream, not give up in the end and learn a valuable lesson because he hooked up with pirates. ‘Frisco Kid, while he definitely had a character-arc of sorts, could’ve had more page-time, too. This is a complement, kids, because I’m saying I wanted to see more of these characters. French Pete can go **** himself, though, he was an ass. But, yeah, I think delving more into these characters and possibly extending the story a bit would’ve been great.
Another pretty big thing, and this is potentially my biggest problem with the book. Were it not for this problem, The Cruise of the Dazzler would possibly receive four stars from me. There is so much ‘boat-slang’ and weird word usage that continued to fly right over my head the whole way through the book. I’ll give you an example of a sentence with heavy ‘boat-slang’ with question marks around phrases I don’t understand:
Twice he heard the waves buffeted back from some flying (forefoot?), and once he saw a sail to (leeward?) on the opposite (tack?), which (luffed?) sharply and (came about?) at sight of him.
Unless you’re heavily into boats, I’m not sure how you’re supposed to know what half those phrases mean. This didn’t make me want to stop reading the book, because I still wanted to find out what would happen with Joe, but it was jarring, especially when I’m really getting into the story, really trying to sink myself in, and then all this jargon comes up out of nowhere which makes no sense to me.
“Well, ugh,” you say, staring at your monitor in disgust, “if you weren’t so stupid, Isaac, you’d know what that stuff meant.”
And to this I say, why, you’re utterly, totally correct! Thank you for reminding me of my stupidity! I’m going to watch reality television now. Duh-duh-dum-dee-duh.
Having no knowledge of who Jack London was before reading this, I can now safely say I know who he is. He was an American author born in 1876 and, judging from The Cruise of the Dazzler, really, really, really liked boats. Jack London loved them so much that this book, which was his first one to be published, is a boat-lovers-bonanza. I appreciate the enthusiasm in this book, and one has to wonder whether the starry-eyed protagonist who daydreams about sailing the seven seas while trying to study is actually Jack London himself.
Whatever the case, I found quite a bit to like here. I liked ‘Frisco Kid and Joe’s interactions, and enjoyed seeing Joe become a sailor, though I’m not the biggest fan of where this story eventually goes, and the message it’s trying to convey. You see, Joe ends up with a bunch of bay-pirates, who steal and do bad things. As much as Joe loves to sail, he’s a moral teenager, and doesn’t like thievery or dishonesty. To cut a long story short, once he leaves the bay-pirates, his dream of sailing is seemingly abandoned as he returns to his father and explains everything to him.
The novel ends on an odd note, really. I wanted to see Joe actually achieve his dream, maybe he and ‘Frisco Kid run away and get their own boat, something like that. Instead, the message of the book seems to be - get good grades, get a nice safe job, and beware of bad people. It’s pretty lame, really, though I understand what Jack London was going for. He was going for the whole ‘I’ve-returned-and-learnt-a-valuable-lesson’ thing. But I would have found it more interesting if this story ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum, y’know, the ‘don’t-stop-pushing-toward-your-dream’ thing.
Well, regardless, I had a pretty good time reading it, anyway. Props to Jack London for writing nice, concise chapters. Chapters in this book are not long, they’re short and sweet, which is just the way I like them. Also, rarely in this book did the writing feel monotonous or boring. There were a handful of times this happened though, but, as the chapters were such a nice length, there was never a time the book dragged horribly (cough, Dickens, cough). In an odd turn of events for me, I actually wished the overall novel length was longer, can you believe it!
Me of all people, who goes on and on about having books be nice and quick, get in get out and all the rest of it, me of all people is saying this! Yes, in fact, I am. You see, as I mentioned above, I wanted to see Joe actually achieve his dream, not give up in the end and learn a valuable lesson because he hooked up with pirates. ‘Frisco Kid, while he definitely had a character-arc of sorts, could’ve had more page-time, too. This is a complement, kids, because I’m saying I wanted to see more of these characters. French Pete can go **** himself, though, he was an ass. But, yeah, I think delving more into these characters and possibly extending the story a bit would’ve been great.
Another pretty big thing, and this is potentially my biggest problem with the book. Were it not for this problem, The Cruise of the Dazzler would possibly receive four stars from me. There is so much ‘boat-slang’ and weird word usage that continued to fly right over my head the whole way through the book. I’ll give you an example of a sentence with heavy ‘boat-slang’ with question marks around phrases I don’t understand:
Twice he heard the waves buffeted back from some flying (forefoot?), and once he saw a sail to (leeward?) on the opposite (tack?), which (luffed?) sharply and (came about?) at sight of him.
Unless you’re heavily into boats, I’m not sure how you’re supposed to know what half those phrases mean. This didn’t make me want to stop reading the book, because I still wanted to find out what would happen with Joe, but it was jarring, especially when I’m really getting into the story, really trying to sink myself in, and then all this jargon comes up out of nowhere which makes no sense to me.
“Well, ugh,” you say, staring at your monitor in disgust, “if you weren’t so stupid, Isaac, you’d know what that stuff meant.”
And to this I say, why, you’re utterly, totally correct! Thank you for reminding me of my stupidity! I’m going to watch reality television now. Duh-duh-dum-dee-duh.
July 28, 2021
San Francisco’da yaşayan Joe, kendini bir türlü derslerine veremeyen, arkadaşlarıyla sokak sokak gezmeyi sınavlara çalışmaya yeğleyen bir gençtir. Yaşamı sıradan, sıkıcı bulur, hep daha fazlasını bekler. Dolu dolu yaşamak ister ve günlerini çeşitli maceralara atılarak geçirenlere özenir. Kız kardeşinin okulda kendisinden daha başarılı olmasını, babasının hayal kırıklığını dile getirmesini kaldıramayan Joe, evden kaçarak denizci olmaya karar verir fakat kendini korsanların arasında bulur. Denizin Çağrısı, nefes aldığı her ânın tadını çıkarmak isteyen memnuniyetsiz bir gencin hayata ve yaşama dair farkındalık kazanma sürecini anlatıyor. Jack London’ın diğer birçok eserinde olduğu gibi, denize, denizciliğe dair ustaca gözlemler içeren roman, okurlara deli dolu bir gençlik hikâyesi sunuyor. Denizin Çağrısı’nı Kerim Öztürk’ün seslendirmesiyle dinleyebilirsiniz. San Francisco’da yaşayan Joe, kendini bir türlü derslerine veremeyen, arkadaşlarıyla sokak sokak gezmeyi sınavlara çalışmaya yeğleyen bir gençtir. Yaşamı sıradan, sıkıcı bulur, hep daha fazlasını bekler. Dolu dolu yaşamak ister ve günlerini çeşitli maceralara atılarak geçirenlere özenir. Kız kardeşinin okulda kendisinden daha başarılı olmasını, babasının hayal kırıklığını dile getirmesini kaldıramayan Joe, evden kaçarak denizci olmaya karar verir fakat kendini korsanların arasında bulur. Denizin Çağrısı, nefes aldığı her ânın tadını çıkarmak isteyen memnuniyetsiz bir gencin hayata ve yaşama dair farkındalık kazanma sürecini anlatıyor. Jack London’ın diğer birçok eserinde olduğu gibi, denize, denizciliğe dair ustaca gözlemler içeren roman, okurlara deli dolu bir gençlik hikâyesi sunuyor. Denizin Çağrısı’nı Kerim Öztürk’ün seslendirmesiyle dinleyebilirsiniz. San Francisco’da yaşayan Joe, kendini bir türlü derslerine veremeyen, arkadaşlarıyla sokak sokak gezmeyi sınavlara çalışmaya yeğleyen bir gençtir. Yaşamı sıradan, sıkıcı bulur, hep daha fazlasını bekler. Dolu dolu yaşamak ister ve günlerini çeşitli maceralara atılarak geçirenlere özenir. Kız kardeşinin okulda kendisinden daha başarılı olmasını, babasının hayal kırıklığını dile getirmesini kaldıramayan Joe, evden kaçarak denizci olmaya karar verir fakat kendini korsanların arasında bulur. Denizin Çağrısı, nefes aldığı her ânın tadını çıkarmak isteyen memnuniyetsiz bir gencin hayata ve yaşama dair farkındalık kazanma sürecini anlatıyor. Jack London’ın diğer birçok eserinde olduğu gibi, denize, denizciliğe dair ustaca gözlemler içeren roman, okurlara deli dolu bir gençlik hikâyesi sunuyor. Denizin Çağrısı’nı Kerim Öztürk’ün seslendirmesiyle dinleyebilirsiniz. San Francisco’da yaşayan Joe, kendini bir türlü derslerine veremeyen, arkadaşlarıyla sokak sokak gezmeyi sınavlara çalışmaya yeğleyen bir gençtir. Yaşamı sıradan, sıkıcı bulur, hep daha fazlasını bekler. Dolu dolu yaşamak ister ve günlerini çeşitli maceralara atılarak geçirenlere özenir. Kız kardeşinin okulda kendisinden daha başarılı olmasını, babasının hayal kırıklığını dile getirmesini kaldıramayan Joe, evden kaçarak denizci olmaya karar verir fakat kendini korsanların arasında bulur. Denizin Çağrısı, nefes aldığı her ânın tadını çıkarmak isteyen memnuniyetsiz bir gencin hayata ve yaşama dair farkındalık kazanma sürecini anlatıyor. Jack London’ın diğer birçok eserinde olduğu gibi, denize, denizciliğe dair ustaca gözlemler içeren roman, okurlara deli dolu bir gençlik hikâyesi sunuyor
June 3, 2020
Excellent book, both entertaining and engaging. The action is sometimes intense, and the story moves along at a good pace, but the real treasure for me lies in the character development. While Joe is the main character, his father plays a central role, demonstrating strength and wisdom in his love for his son. As a father myself, I hope I can demonstrate so much care and compassion for my boys.
June 4, 2023
London her zamanki gibi heyecanlı bir macera kurgusu oluşturmuş. Kendi hayatından da kesitler barındırdığını düşündüğüm bu kitapta yeryüzünde mevcut olamayacak kadar sakin bir baba figürü de mevcut. Ergenlik çağına yeni girmiş veya o çağda bulunan bireylerin okuması için yazılmış bir eser. Heyecanlı bir gençlik kitabı.
August 19, 2025
that's it done!!<3 fav buddies joe and frisco kid onlara bayyyıldım.. en kısa sürede reviewlayacağım
April 17, 2019
Der junge Joe läuft von zu Hause weg. Er will das richtige Leben sehen, zur See gehen. Schule und lernen findet er dagegen grausam und nur etwas für Streber.
In der Zeit auf See erlebt er dann viele Abenteuer mit seinem neuen Freund Frisko Kid. Ein typisches London Buch über die See. Nicht das Beste aber sehr unterhaltsam zwischendurch.
In der Zeit auf See erlebt er dann viele Abenteuer mit seinem neuen Freund Frisko Kid. Ein typisches London Buch über die See. Nicht das Beste aber sehr unterhaltsam zwischendurch.
November 2, 2018
Romanzo molto carino, per ragazzi, che vede il giovane protagonista scappare di casa per diventare mozzo su una nave di... pirati. Niente a che fare con il Corsaro Nero e simili, semplici ladri con nave che scorrazzano per la baia di San Francisco tra tempeste, tentativi di fuga, pentimenti e redenzioni. Forse non il miglior London mai letto, ma sicuramente un buonissimo libro dal forte contenuto educativo per i bambini.
October 18, 2020
İçinizdeki cocuğa hitap edecek keyifli bir hikaye...
February 8, 2023
Great adventure story! The characters are wonderful especially the two boys—Joe Bronson and Frisco Kid.
February 19, 2025
Roman hayatta kalma mücadelesini işlerken, aynı zamanda güç, irade ve ahlak gibi kavramları sorgulatır. Yazarın güçlü betimlemeleri ve akıcı dili sayesinde etkileyici bir okuma oldu. London diğer tüm eserlerinde olduğu gibi bu kitapta da insanın doğa karşısındaki mücadelesine büyük yer vermiştir.
February 23, 2023
actually there was no interesting thing while reading.it's not a page turner book.it's so obvious that the author is knowledgeable about sailing if you have interest about those things it might be for you but don't expect fun in it
February 5, 2020
Very short novel about Joe Bronson (a teenage dreamer) and his sojourn with some 'Bay Pirates'.
Very engaging, action packed and all sewn up neatly at the end.
Very engaging, action packed and all sewn up neatly at the end.
August 10, 2024
Çok güzel bir hikaye herkes okumalı mahmud taha göçmüşe öneririm
July 30, 2020
I started to listen to the Cruise of the Dazzler as an audio book in 1985 but for reasons I can't remember I wasn't able to finish it, either had to return to the library or perhaps one of the cassette tapes was defective. It is now available as a free Kindle edition. The shortish book, a little long for a novela but short for a novel. is about a boy who runs away from home and joins the crew of what turns out to be an San Francisco Bay oyster pirate. The captain engages in other kinds of piracy along with stealing oysters from comercial oyster beds in the bay. The runaway Joe finds that he and another boy, known only as the Frisco Kid, make up the whole crew. This story must be somewhat autobiographical since Jack London was an oyster pirate on San Francisco Bay in his youth. Both boys I think represent the author.
March 24, 2020
Jack London nunca decepciona, La expedición del pirata es una fascinante historia de un adolescente reflejo de la vida del autor. Libro de fácil lectura que te adentra en la vida de un pequeño séquito de piratas.
Muy buena valoración por mi parte y muy recomendable lectura para edades tempranas.
Muy buena valoración por mi parte y muy recomendable lectura para edades tempranas.
June 4, 2019
"Daha kötü olamazdı ve bundan daha iyi olamazdı"
July 17, 2019
Başa düşürəm gənclik kitabıdı, amma belə bir kitab yazmaq üçün Jack London olmaq lazımdısa, mən Şekspirəm.
February 2, 2020
Çocuk kitabı kıvamında. Bu bilinçle okumak gerekiyor.
January 23, 2023
So, nostalgia weekend - on Saturday it was Chronicles of Narnia, on Sunday, Jack London.
When I was a kid I had almost the entire collection of 'great illustrated classics' - Kids' versions of the classics, with a lot of the fluffy language dummied out so you got the story in its broad strokes. I widely attribute my love of reading to those books, and as an adult, I partly regret getting rid of them, as so many of the classics I read turned out to be very, very dry.
Jack London was an odd case. I loved White Fang and Call of the Wild as a kid, even the adult versions, but the rest of his work didn't really resonate. I think, in part, that I equated Jack London with snow, and the north, and not all of his stories fit into that exact bucket.
The Cruise of the Dazzler, for instance, is part of the "Tales of the North" Anthology I've had sitting on my shelf for almost 20 years, mostly unread. And to make it odder, the person who compiled this anthology made the odd choice of only including half of it - specifically, the half that occurs when Joe reaches the sea. Everything that came before, they cut for some reason.
So to read it as intended, I had to locate another version online, and cobble it together. And I enjoyed it immensely.
Dazzler is essentially a play in two acts - The first, a classic boys' adventure, where Joe Bronson and his buddies try to buy some kites after dark, rather than studying for a big test the next day, and run into a bunch of trouble on the way.
The second is a high-seas adventure, after Joe runs away from home and accidentally signs onto what is essentially a small pirate ship - the sloop Dazzler. Once there, he finds something of a role model in the 'Frisco Kid, gets into even more trouble, and ends up learning awfully quick that he didn't have it so bad back home.
Something in the way London writes has always resonated with me. It's punchy. That's largely the only way to refer to it. Joe is a silly lad, and we know this from the first, but he's stubborn and determined to have himself an adventure. And he does.
The book does feel very much like it's two short stories crammed together - and I suspect that's intentional. Critics far better than I have torn apart and analyzed London's work with a microscope, and found that he is at his best in short story format. So London, when writing novels, chooses to write multiple short stories and tack them together in chronological order, tied together by similar characters or themes.
This is evident here, in that the first half of the book is very little like the 2nd half, the actual Cruise in question. But by starring Joe Bronson, the whole thing is unified together.
This feels like less a review and more stream-of-consciousness recollection after reading the book. I don't know. I really liked it. It was a short adventure, and there are a few logical holes - like does Joe really believe he's a worldly man after four days on a boat? And if you don't know nautical terms, a lot of it might sound like gibberish. Thankfully, I read Midshipman Hornblower earlier in 2022, so didn't have to pull out a dictionary too often.
But all in all it tickled that fancy of mine to go back in time to a simpler age when people could and would drop everything and go on an adventure, coming back stronger, wiser, and in this case, richer.
When I was a kid I had almost the entire collection of 'great illustrated classics' - Kids' versions of the classics, with a lot of the fluffy language dummied out so you got the story in its broad strokes. I widely attribute my love of reading to those books, and as an adult, I partly regret getting rid of them, as so many of the classics I read turned out to be very, very dry.
Jack London was an odd case. I loved White Fang and Call of the Wild as a kid, even the adult versions, but the rest of his work didn't really resonate. I think, in part, that I equated Jack London with snow, and the north, and not all of his stories fit into that exact bucket.
The Cruise of the Dazzler, for instance, is part of the "Tales of the North" Anthology I've had sitting on my shelf for almost 20 years, mostly unread. And to make it odder, the person who compiled this anthology made the odd choice of only including half of it - specifically, the half that occurs when Joe reaches the sea. Everything that came before, they cut for some reason.
So to read it as intended, I had to locate another version online, and cobble it together. And I enjoyed it immensely.
Dazzler is essentially a play in two acts - The first, a classic boys' adventure, where Joe Bronson and his buddies try to buy some kites after dark, rather than studying for a big test the next day, and run into a bunch of trouble on the way.
The second is a high-seas adventure, after Joe runs away from home and accidentally signs onto what is essentially a small pirate ship - the sloop Dazzler. Once there, he finds something of a role model in the 'Frisco Kid, gets into even more trouble, and ends up learning awfully quick that he didn't have it so bad back home.
Something in the way London writes has always resonated with me. It's punchy. That's largely the only way to refer to it. Joe is a silly lad, and we know this from the first, but he's stubborn and determined to have himself an adventure. And he does.
The book does feel very much like it's two short stories crammed together - and I suspect that's intentional. Critics far better than I have torn apart and analyzed London's work with a microscope, and found that he is at his best in short story format. So London, when writing novels, chooses to write multiple short stories and tack them together in chronological order, tied together by similar characters or themes.
This is evident here, in that the first half of the book is very little like the 2nd half, the actual Cruise in question. But by starring Joe Bronson, the whole thing is unified together.
This feels like less a review and more stream-of-consciousness recollection after reading the book. I don't know. I really liked it. It was a short adventure, and there are a few logical holes - like does Joe really believe he's a worldly man after four days on a boat? And if you don't know nautical terms, a lot of it might sound like gibberish. Thankfully, I read Midshipman Hornblower earlier in 2022, so didn't have to pull out a dictionary too often.
But all in all it tickled that fancy of mine to go back in time to a simpler age when people could and would drop everything and go on an adventure, coming back stronger, wiser, and in this case, richer.
April 6, 2024
"Hoşuma giden tek bir şey vardı, o da kitaplar... Ah, bilsen öyle çok okudum ki?"
(Can Yayınları s.27)
Denizin Çağrısı Jack London'dan okuduğum altıncı romandı ve aslında diğer beşini aratmadı diyerek incelememe başlayabilirim. Kitap bir nevi masalı andırdı çünkü çok iyi bir ders veriyordu ama kitabı çocuklarının yanı sıra yetişkinlerin de severek okuyacağını düşünüyorum.
Peki kimdir bu denize çağrılan? Kitapta ana karakterimiz olan Joe okulu sevmeyen bir çocuktur. Okumayı, öğrenmeyi sevse de kendini bir türlü derslere verememektedir. Kendini sürekli bir gemide macerada ya da Dünya turunda görmektedir. Hâl böyle olunca derslere de odaklanması zorlaşmaktadır. Aslında bir kısım çok gerçekçiydi: Joe kitaptan bir cümle okuyor sonra camdan dışarıya dalıyor ardından tekrar aynı cümleye dönüyor fakat bu sefer de aklı başka yerlere gidiyor ardından ayakları da başka yerlere gitmeye başlıyor. Böylece ne sınav ne ders aklına geliyor. Tabii böyle olunca da sınavda boş kağıt vermek zorunda kalıyor ve okuldan ailesine gönderilen bir mektup işleri zorlaştırıyor. Bu mektupta Joe'nun derslere hiç ilgisinin olmadığı ve son sınavlarda boş kağıt verdiği söylenince ailesi sert bir tepki veriyor ve Joe'ya ya bu okulu bitirmesi ya da askeri okula gitmesi söyleniyor. Aslında bu söylemekten ziyade emretmek. Joe'ya akşama kadar birini seçmesi söyleniyor ve Joe "akşam olmasına gerek yok, ben kararımı verdim" diyerek odasına gidiyor. Tabii bundan sonrası hem çok beklenen hem de beklenmedik bir şekilde ilerliyor. Joe hayat konusunda ne kadar da bilgisiz olduğunu anladığında çok geç oluyor ve romanımız sonlanıyor.
Bu anlatıma herkes "spoiler" diyecek olsa da kitabın konusundan ziyade metnine değer verdiğim için ben öyle bir durum görmüyorum. Konusunu bildiğim hâlde tekrar okuyacağım romanlardan olduğunu düşünüyorum. Ki bu aslında tüm Jack London romanlarında yaşanan bir durum.
Daha önce söylemiş olduğum gibi bu romanın her yaşta sevilerek okunacağını düşünüyorum. Umarım hayatınızın bir yarısında Jack London'a şans veriyorsunuzdur. Bunun pişmanlığı çok büyük olurdu demeden geçemeyeceğim.
Edebiyatla kalın.
(Can Yayınları s.27)
Denizin Çağrısı Jack London'dan okuduğum altıncı romandı ve aslında diğer beşini aratmadı diyerek incelememe başlayabilirim. Kitap bir nevi masalı andırdı çünkü çok iyi bir ders veriyordu ama kitabı çocuklarının yanı sıra yetişkinlerin de severek okuyacağını düşünüyorum.
Peki kimdir bu denize çağrılan? Kitapta ana karakterimiz olan Joe okulu sevmeyen bir çocuktur. Okumayı, öğrenmeyi sevse de kendini bir türlü derslere verememektedir. Kendini sürekli bir gemide macerada ya da Dünya turunda görmektedir. Hâl böyle olunca derslere de odaklanması zorlaşmaktadır. Aslında bir kısım çok gerçekçiydi: Joe kitaptan bir cümle okuyor sonra camdan dışarıya dalıyor ardından tekrar aynı cümleye dönüyor fakat bu sefer de aklı başka yerlere gidiyor ardından ayakları da başka yerlere gitmeye başlıyor. Böylece ne sınav ne ders aklına geliyor. Tabii böyle olunca da sınavda boş kağıt vermek zorunda kalıyor ve okuldan ailesine gönderilen bir mektup işleri zorlaştırıyor. Bu mektupta Joe'nun derslere hiç ilgisinin olmadığı ve son sınavlarda boş kağıt verdiği söylenince ailesi sert bir tepki veriyor ve Joe'ya ya bu okulu bitirmesi ya da askeri okula gitmesi söyleniyor. Aslında bu söylemekten ziyade emretmek. Joe'ya akşama kadar birini seçmesi söyleniyor ve Joe "akşam olmasına gerek yok, ben kararımı verdim" diyerek odasına gidiyor. Tabii bundan sonrası hem çok beklenen hem de beklenmedik bir şekilde ilerliyor. Joe hayat konusunda ne kadar da bilgisiz olduğunu anladığında çok geç oluyor ve romanımız sonlanıyor.
Bu anlatıma herkes "spoiler" diyecek olsa da kitabın konusundan ziyade metnine değer verdiğim için ben öyle bir durum görmüyorum. Konusunu bildiğim hâlde tekrar okuyacağım romanlardan olduğunu düşünüyorum. Ki bu aslında tüm Jack London romanlarında yaşanan bir durum.
Daha önce söylemiş olduğum gibi bu romanın her yaşta sevilerek okunacağını düşünüyorum. Umarım hayatınızın bir yarısında Jack London'a şans veriyorsunuzdur. Bunun pişmanlığı çok büyük olurdu demeden geçemeyeceğim.
Edebiyatla kalın.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 3, 2025
Once you start reading London, you just can’t stop. Although there are a couple of his books I didn’t enjoy, this one felt like something missing from my reading journey—now finally complete.
Joe is a 14-year-old boy living in San Francisco. School isn’t really his thing—he’s undisciplined, struggles with rules, and doesn’t exactly fit in. His father wants him to become an engineer, but Joe dreams of a more adventurous life. One day, he runs away from home and ends up joining a man named French Pete aboard his boat, the Dazzler. At first, the sea life feels like freedom: the wind, the waves, and no rules or responsibilities. But it doesn’t take long before Joe realizes Pete isn’t as honest as he seems. Smuggling, illegal activities, lies… Joe finds himself caught up in a world of crime.
Pete’s right-hand man, Frisco Kid, has been in this life much longer than Joe. The two grow closer, but Joe’s questions and doubts start to shake Frisco’s worldview. What started as a search for adventure slowly becomes a moral dilemma. Joe wants out—but running away again has its own consequences. As things unfold, he’s no longer just a kid.
Although it may seem like a children’s book, the themes of crime, morality, class differences, and freedom make it suitable for a much wider audience. The chapters are short and punchy, and the pacing is generally strong—only dragging in a few spots. My biggest challenge was the heavy use of nautical terms. There were lots of words I had to look up.
Tropes: #comingofage #foundfamily #seastory #oceans #cruise #worldclassics
Similar reads: Reminiscent of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Kidnapped, as well as Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
#thecruiseofthedazzler
Joe is a 14-year-old boy living in San Francisco. School isn’t really his thing—he’s undisciplined, struggles with rules, and doesn’t exactly fit in. His father wants him to become an engineer, but Joe dreams of a more adventurous life. One day, he runs away from home and ends up joining a man named French Pete aboard his boat, the Dazzler. At first, the sea life feels like freedom: the wind, the waves, and no rules or responsibilities. But it doesn’t take long before Joe realizes Pete isn’t as honest as he seems. Smuggling, illegal activities, lies… Joe finds himself caught up in a world of crime.
Pete’s right-hand man, Frisco Kid, has been in this life much longer than Joe. The two grow closer, but Joe’s questions and doubts start to shake Frisco’s worldview. What started as a search for adventure slowly becomes a moral dilemma. Joe wants out—but running away again has its own consequences. As things unfold, he’s no longer just a kid.
Although it may seem like a children’s book, the themes of crime, morality, class differences, and freedom make it suitable for a much wider audience. The chapters are short and punchy, and the pacing is generally strong—only dragging in a few spots. My biggest challenge was the heavy use of nautical terms. There were lots of words I had to look up.
Tropes: #comingofage #foundfamily #seastory #oceans #cruise #worldclassics
Similar reads: Reminiscent of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Kidnapped, as well as Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
#thecruiseofthedazzler
December 26, 2020
This is a very good book about the adventures in the sea and father-son relations.
The main character is Joe, a young boy who lives in a rich family and fails the exams at school because he prefers spending time with his friends. Studying is not for him, or so he believes. One day he runs away and gets on the Dazzler - a pirate ship where he will learn about the life on the sea. He is oblivious as to who his employers are at first, but quickly realizes they are low people with the exception of Frisco kid - a young but slightly older teen. Together they roam the seas, dreaming of escape.
The book has its pros and cons but it was the first large work by Jack London and deserves to be in the hall of fame among the teen adventure literature of 20th century. The story depicts the boy`s growing understanding of some life questions that worried him and shows a quick and steady growth of character. At the same time, it is not overly saturated with events or characters, although the suspense hangs in the air as Dazzler`s ventures become more and more dangerous and daring.
Something that the book has can chase the readers away - it is a rather quick read (thanks to the story being small) and therefore the character`s development seems a little bit forced. Also, the shortness of the book does not allow for explaining fully the Frisco kid story or the story of other pirates.
Overall it is an enjoyable read for everyone who likes teen adventures at sea.
The main character is Joe, a young boy who lives in a rich family and fails the exams at school because he prefers spending time with his friends. Studying is not for him, or so he believes. One day he runs away and gets on the Dazzler - a pirate ship where he will learn about the life on the sea. He is oblivious as to who his employers are at first, but quickly realizes they are low people with the exception of Frisco kid - a young but slightly older teen. Together they roam the seas, dreaming of escape.
The book has its pros and cons but it was the first large work by Jack London and deserves to be in the hall of fame among the teen adventure literature of 20th century. The story depicts the boy`s growing understanding of some life questions that worried him and shows a quick and steady growth of character. At the same time, it is not overly saturated with events or characters, although the suspense hangs in the air as Dazzler`s ventures become more and more dangerous and daring.
Something that the book has can chase the readers away - it is a rather quick read (thanks to the story being small) and therefore the character`s development seems a little bit forced. Also, the shortness of the book does not allow for explaining fully the Frisco kid story or the story of other pirates.
Overall it is an enjoyable read for everyone who likes teen adventures at sea.
February 14, 2021
ack London Denizin Çağrısı ile Martin Eden'e selam veriyor ve ön planda olmayan bir karakterde Martin Eden'i bize azıcık da olsa gösteriyor. Tam bir gençlik romanı ama dalgalar arasında, denizler dışında bir yaşam düşünemeyen gençlerin romanı. Jack London her kitabında, her karakterinde kendi yaşamından bir şeyler okutuyor bize. Ne yazsa okurum denecek türden bir yazar. Dünya üzerinde birçok insanın çocukluğu ve deniz tutkusu Jack London...
"Önsözden;
Okumaya karşı duyduğu büyük sevgi okulda başanlı olmasını sağlamadı. Ama okula gitmesinin bir
yaran oldu: Yazmasını öğrendi."
Deniz gibi hırçın bir genç olan Joe ve onun denizlerde yaşadığı maceraları anlatan korsanlı, hazineli, alaboralı bir eser Denizin Çağrısı...
Usta bir kalemden çıkmış, en basit cümlelerin bile birçok şey ifade ettiği heyecanlı bir yarı biyografi.
"Önsözden, Jack London hakkında;
Kilise korosuna katılmasını isteyen öğretmenine karşı gelen London, ona, “Kendi sesini bozmak istemediği ve öğretmenin akordu bozduğunu,” söyleyerek direnmişti. Buna sinirlenen öğretmen onu müdüre şikâyet etti. Ne var ki müdür, London’ın, düşüncesine katılmış olsa gerekti- kısa bir kompozisyon yazması koşuluyla koroya katılmayabileceğini söyledi. İşte bu olay, geleceğin yazarının her sabah bin sözcük yazmaya alışmasına neden olmuştur."
"Önsözden;
Okumaya karşı duyduğu büyük sevgi okulda başanlı olmasını sağlamadı. Ama okula gitmesinin bir
yaran oldu: Yazmasını öğrendi."
Deniz gibi hırçın bir genç olan Joe ve onun denizlerde yaşadığı maceraları anlatan korsanlı, hazineli, alaboralı bir eser Denizin Çağrısı...
Usta bir kalemden çıkmış, en basit cümlelerin bile birçok şey ifade ettiği heyecanlı bir yarı biyografi.
"Önsözden, Jack London hakkında;
Kilise korosuna katılmasını isteyen öğretmenine karşı gelen London, ona, “Kendi sesini bozmak istemediği ve öğretmenin akordu bozduğunu,” söyleyerek direnmişti. Buna sinirlenen öğretmen onu müdüre şikâyet etti. Ne var ki müdür, London’ın, düşüncesine katılmış olsa gerekti- kısa bir kompozisyon yazması koşuluyla koroya katılmayabileceğini söyledi. İşte bu olay, geleceğin yazarının her sabah bin sözcük yazmaya alışmasına neden olmuştur."
February 10, 2024
1.5/5 - Almost O.K.
Very blatantly moralizing. I get that it's a boy's story to be read as a short piece of entertainment, but between the beautiful scenic descriptions and initial strong start, I could only find tedious lectures on how to be a "good boy" and a prose so full of sailing-jargon I could have drowned in it. My expectations weren't exactly improved from the introduction, in which an excerpt reads as follows:
"The needful thing is to find stories in which the heroes have the characteristics boys so much admire— unquenchable courage, immense resourcefulness, absolute fidelity, conspicuous greatness. We believe the books of EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY measurably well meet this challenge.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,
James E. West Chief Scout Executive."
It made me roll my eyes when I first read it, and subsequently made me roll me eyes for each preaching sermon on morality. It stands to prove that this is London's first novel, and it's also apparent to me now why this is considered a rare read in the literary wealth Jack London left in his wake. It was an O.K read, but far from something I'd consider reading again.
Very blatantly moralizing. I get that it's a boy's story to be read as a short piece of entertainment, but between the beautiful scenic descriptions and initial strong start, I could only find tedious lectures on how to be a "good boy" and a prose so full of sailing-jargon I could have drowned in it. My expectations weren't exactly improved from the introduction, in which an excerpt reads as follows:
"The needful thing is to find stories in which the heroes have the characteristics boys so much admire— unquenchable courage, immense resourcefulness, absolute fidelity, conspicuous greatness. We believe the books of EVERY BOY’S LIBRARY measurably well meet this challenge.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,
James E. West Chief Scout Executive."
It made me roll my eyes when I first read it, and subsequently made me roll me eyes for each preaching sermon on morality. It stands to prove that this is London's first novel, and it's also apparent to me now why this is considered a rare read in the literary wealth Jack London left in his wake. It was an O.K read, but far from something I'd consider reading again.
October 3, 2023
Τελευταία φορά που είχα διαβάσει έργο του Τζακ Λόντον, ήταν τον Μάρτιο του 2020, όταν είχα διαβάσει το σχετικά μεγάλο διήγημα "Η φωτιά", μια υπέροχη ιστορία επιβίωσης. Και υποτίθεται ότι ο Λόντον είναι από τους αγαπημένους μου συγγραφείς, αλλά μόνο μια στο τόσο διαβάζω βιβλία του. Ίσως για να μην ξεμείνω; Τέλος πάντων, επέλεξα να διαβάσω το συγκεκριμένο, γιατί ήθελα κάτι κλασικό, περιπετειώδες και όχι ιδιαίτερα πολυσέλιδο, και δεν με απογοήτευσε. Αντίθετα, κατάφερε να με καθηλώσει με όλες τις περιπέτειες του νεαρού πρωταγωνιστή και το όλο ταξίδι πίσω στον χρόνο, από την πρώτη μέχρι την τελευταία σελίδα. Δεν είναι από τα πιο σύνθετα ή με βαθύτερα νοήματα έργα του Λόντον, μιλάμε για μια κλασική young adult περιπέτεια που προσφέρει δράση και ένταση, έχει σούπερ ατμόσφαιρα, διαθέτει μια κάποια νοσταλγία για τα περασμένα, και διαβάζεται εξαιρετικά εύκολα και γρήγορα, με την ώρα να περνάει πολύ ευχάριστα. Εγώ μια φορά πέρασα τέλεια την ώρα μου και ας μην ανήκει το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο στις κορυφαίες στιγμές του Λόντον. Δεν παύει να είναι ένα ωραίο, ψυχαγωγικό μυθιστόρημα.
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