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A Piece of Steak

Jack London

First published 1911
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The aging boxer Tom King is desperately poor and cannot afford meat. Weakened by not having enough to eat, he loses a fight.

First published in the Saturday Evening Post, November 20, 1909.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1911 When God Laughs and Other Stories The Macmillan Company Collection 277
1911 When God Laughs and Other Stories Mills & Boon Collection |277
1967 Cover The Edge of the Chair Harper & Row Anthology 255
August 1969 Cover Skeleton Keys: Tales from the Edge of the Chair Dell Anthology 287
1973 Les temps maudits Union générale d'éditions Collection 115
1978 Cover Fireside Reader Reader's Digest Anthology 179