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"It was a primitive life, that of her childhood, with few conventions, but such as there were, stern ones. And they might be epitomized, as she had read somewhere in her later years, as 'the faith of food and blanket.' This faith had her father kept, she thought, remembering that his name sounded well on the lips of men. And this was the faith she had learned, the faith she had carried with her ac... More

"It was a primitive life, that of her childhood, with few conventions, but such as there were, stern ones. And they might be epitomized, as she had read somewhere in her later years, as 'the faith of food and blanket.' This faith had her father kept, she thought, remembering that his name sounded well on the lips of men. And this was the faith she had learned, the faith she had carried with her across the Abyss and into the world, where men had wandered away from the old truths and made themselves selfish dogmas and casuistries of the subtlest kinds; the faith she had brought back with her, still fresh, and young, and joyous. And it was all so simple, she had contended;
why should not their faith be as her faith, the faith of food and blanket?"

A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors.

Steeped in the gold mining culture of the Yukon, A Daughter of the Snows also shines a light on the racism and sexism of its time, a dissonant note that reflects changing times and changing mores.

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