The Portable Jack London (Portable Library)

London, Jack; Labor, Dr. Earle

ISBN 10: 0140179690 / ISBN 13: 9780140179699

Published by Penguin Publishing Group (edition Portable Library), 1994

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It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Portable Jack London (Portable Library)
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (edition Portable Library)
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140179690
• ISBN 13: 9780140179699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Portable Library.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Essential stories, letters, and writings from the influential American author

Alfred Kazin has aptly remarked that "the greatest story Jack London ever wrote was the story he lived." Newsboy, factory "work beast," gang member, hobo, sailor, Klondike argonaut, socialist crusader, war correspondent, utopian farmer, and world-famous adventurer: London is the closest thing America has had to a literary folk hero. His writing itself is concerned with nothing less than the largest questions and the grandest themes: What does it mean to be a human being in the natural world? What debts do human beings owe each other—and to all their fellow creatures?

This collection places London, at last, securely within the American literary pantheon. It includes the complete novel The Call of the Wild; such famous stories as "Love of Life," "To Build a Fire," and "All Gold Canyon"; journalism, political writings, literary criticism, and selected letters.

About the Author

John Griffith "Jack" London (1876–1916) is an American author, journalist, and social activist. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".