Jerry of the Islands Author:Jack London It is a misfortune to some fiction-writers that fiction and unveracity in the average person?s mind mean one and the same thing. Several years ago I published a South Sea novel. The action was placed in the Solomon Islands. The action was praised by the critics and reviewers as a highly creditable effort of the imagination. As regards realit... more »y?they said there wasn?t any. Of course, as every one knew, kinky-haired cannibals no longer obtained on the earth?s surface, much less ran around with nothing on, chopping off one another?s heads, and, on occasion, a white man?s head as well.« less