Jack London 
Faith of Men and Other Short Stories 

"The Faith of Men" is a short story collection originally published in 1904 and contains eight of Jack London’s adventure tales, all of them set in London’s favorite milieu — the Yukon Territory. "A Relic of the Pliocene" concerns a "homely, blue-eyed, freckle-faced" hunter named Thomas Stevens and his tracking and eventual killing of a prehistoric mammoth. "A Hyperborean Brew" also concerns Thomas Stevens and his schemes. "In Batard, " an evil master makes a monster of an evil dog. Other stories included are "The Faith of Men, " "Too Much Gold, " "The One Thousand Dozen, " "The Marriage of Lit-Lit, " "Batard, " and "The Story of Jees Uck." (Goodreads)