Jack London : an American life /
Labor, Earle, 1928-
Jack London : an American life / Earle Labor. - First edition. - xviii, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-434) and index.
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.
"The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--
0374178488 (hardback) 9780374178482 (hardback)
2012050948
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Jack London : an American life / Earle Labor. - First edition. - xviii, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-434) and index.
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.
"The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--
0374178488 (hardback) 9780374178482 (hardback)
2012050948
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.