Wolf: The Lives of Jack London - Hardcover

Haley, James L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465004784 ISBN 13: 9780465004782

Publisher: Basic Books, 2010

Synopsis

Jack London was born a working-class, fatherless Californian in 1876. In his youth he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast—by turns playing the role of hobo, sailor, prospector, and oyster pirate. He spent his brief life rapidly accumulating the experiences that would inform his acclaimed, best-selling books: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf.

London was plagued by contradictions. He chronicled nature at its most savage, but wept helplessly at the deaths of his favorite animals. At his peak the highest-paid writer in America, he was nevertheless constantly broke. An irrepressibly optimistic crusader for social justice, he burned himself out at forty: sick, angry, and disillusioned, but leaving behind a voluminous literary legacy, much of it ripe for rediscovery.

In Wolf, award-winning author James L. Haley explores the forgotten Jack London—at once a hard-living globetrotter and a man alive with ideas, whose passion for social justice roared until the day he died. Returning London to his proper place in the American pantheon, Wolf resurrects a major American novelist in his full fire and glory.

About this title

About the Author:

James L. Haley is the author of The Buffalo War, Passionate Nation, and Sam Houston: A Life, which won nine historical and literary awards. He lives in Austin, Texas.

From AudioFile:

Listeners are introduced to the interesting, albeit too short, life of writer Jack London. Haley exposes the many, and sometimes complicated, sides of London--from his mischievous adventures as a youth to his many travels and untimely death. Narrator Bronson Pinchot's direct, animated performance proves to be a perfect complement to the rich and absorbing text. With Pinchot's well-paced and fluid delivery, listeners are easily made witness to the most intimate and exciting details of London's life. Listeners looking for an entertaining biography will find it here. J.R.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0465004784
• ISBN 13: 9780465004782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400