Jack London : an American life

Labor, Earle 1928- (Author).

Summary: Describes the adventurous life of the great American author, who spent time as a hobo, a sailor, a gold prospector, and an oyster pirate before penning such classics as "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang."

Record details

ISBN: 9780374178482 (hardback)
ISBN: 0374178488 (hardback)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-434) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Mothers and fathers -- Childhood's end -- The apostate -- A boy among men -- The dream as nightmare -- The open road -- A man among boys -- Higher education -- The golden dream -- Breakthrough : "Overland" and "The black cat" -- Best in class: "The Atlantic" -- Marriage and success -- In key with the world -- Anna and the "abyss" -- the wonderful year -- The wages of war -- The long sickness -- The valley of the moon -- Catastrophe -- Paradise lost -- Paradise momentarily regained -- Inferno -- The agrarian dream and loss of joy -- Four horses for a chicken thief -- Unlucky thirteen -- New York, Mexico, and home again -- A sea-change -- Silver speech, golden silence.