An Autobiography of Jack London
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Jack London has been a bestselling author for over 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, to say nothing of well-loved, stories in our literary canon (<em>White Fang</em>,<em> The Call of the Wild</em>, and <em>The Sea Wolf</em>, to name just three), London also worked as a day laborer, Alaskan gold rush prospector, and seaman. He was also an adventurer, journalist, celebrity, polemicist, and drunk.<br /> <br />Illustrated throughout with drawings, facsimile pages from his works, and contemporary photographs, many taken by London himself, <em>An Autobiography of Jack London</em> is a revealing portrait of this complicated and fascinating man in his own words, and is largely composed of excerpts from his memoirs: <em>The Road</em>, <em>John Barleycorn</em>, and <em>The Cruise of the Snark</em>. More than a mere biographical summary of a man’s life, <em>An Autobiography of Jack London</em> aims to give the reader real insight into the character and personality of this uniquely American literary icon.<br />
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