Jack London has been a best-selling author for more than one hundred years. In his short life (1876-1916) he wrote twenty-five novels and dozens of short stories, plays, and essays. Today he is recognized as a forerunner of such literary giants as Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Jack Kerouac. Author of a number of well-known and well-loved stories in our literature (including White Fang, The Call of the Wild , and The Sea Wolf ), London also worked as a day laborer, Alaskan gold rusher, and seaman. He was also an adventurer, journalist, celebrity, polemicist, and drunk. An Autobiography of Jack London is a revealing portrait of the man who was Jack London--in his own words--and is largely composed of excerpts from his memoirs: The Road, John Barleycorn , and The Cruise of the Snark . Rather than a mere biographical summary of a man's life, An Autobiography of Jack London aims to give the reader real insight into the character and personality of this uniquely American literary icon. This book is illustrated throughout with more than forty drawings, facsimile pages from his works, and contemporary photographs, many taken by London himself.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1620873648
ISBN-13
9781620873649
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117325510
Product Key Features
Book Title
Autobiography of Jack London
Author
Stephen Brennan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Literary, American / General, Historical
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
6.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3523.O46z46 2013
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-034937
Dewey Decimal
813/.52 B
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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