'The Strength of the Strong' offers London's take on early human settlement. Through simple linear storytelling, London not only challenges what we take for granted as the structure of family and community, but brings us to acknowledge how our economy works in some ways on a smaller scale. (Goodreads)
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916 was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. (Wikipedia)