Jack London : an American life / Earle Labor.

Author/creator Labor, Earle
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Descriptionxviii, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Authors, American--19th century. --Biography.
Authors, American--20th century. --Biography.

Contents 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.
Abstract "The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [387]-434) and index.
LCCN 2012050948
ISBN9780374178482 (hardback)
ISBN0374178488 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3523 .O46 Z6825 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold