The Call of the South

George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. At 16 years of age, Becke was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. In Apia he took a job as a book-keeper in the store of Mrs Mcfarlane which he held until some time after December 1872. In the book,The Call of the South,he tell the stories of sailors ,and tales from the Pacific.