Tales of the Fish Patrol

Published in 1906, Tales of the Fish Patrol was inspired by London's time as a member of the said organisation, responsibly for patrolling the waters of San Francisco Bay looking for nefarious characters that might be circumventing the fishing laws. It helped that London, immediately before joining the patrol, was most certainly one of those types against whom he as later sailing. Though the stories here are fictionalised, the essence of the narrative can be assumed to have derived directly from London's experiences.