A Pictorial Biography Of Jack London

JACK LONDON, the author of 59 books, 191 short stories, & more than 500 non-fictional articles. The most translated author in the world . More film adaptations were made from his works than from any other author's. This is the most accurate biography of Jack London ever written. Author is one of the most recognized scholars on this world-known American hero. Many pictures have never been printed prior to this publication. Packed with unmatched information & written in beautiful, easy-to-read English. "THESE BOOKS ARE A MUST FOR EVERY ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENT OR JACK LONDON SCHOLAR!" - "SOME OF THE MOST DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON LONDON!" TRADE DISCOUNT: 1 copy - 30 percent, 2 copies - 35 percent, 3 - plus copies - 40 percent. Same discount applies if purchase is made in combination with any of our titles. TO ORDER, WRITE OR CALL: REJL, P.O. BOX 612, MIDDLETOWN, CA 95461, 1-800-962-4015; FAX: (707) 987-3010.

Biography of Jack London. Includes account of the period London spent in the Yukon.

Jack London's life was as fascinating as any storyteller could have created. London traveled the world as an oyster pirate, sailor, war correspondent, hobo, reporter, and goldminer. On the road he heard hundreds of stories of adventure and many true tales of suffering, and everything he experienced went into his stories. Through primary research and interviews, author Elaine Lisandrelli draws a colorful profile of Jack London from his early years of poverty and struggle to his triumph as one of the most popular writers in the world. He was a powerful voice for the poor and downtrodden. Before his death at the young age of forty, London secured his place in literature with favorites like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. These and other vivid stories inspired by London's explorations of the land, the sea, and the heart continue to captivate new generations of readers.

Award-winning western historian James L. Haley paints a vivid portrait of Jack London--adventurer, social reformer, and the most popular American writer of his generation

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong interest in socialism. Brilliant and self-taught, he haunted California's waterside bars, brawling with drunken sailors and learning about love from prostitutes. His lust for adventure took him from the beaches of Hawaii to the gold fields of Alaska, where he experienced firsthand the struggles for survival he would later immortalize in classics like White Fang and The Call of the Wild. A hard-drinking womanizer with children to support, Jack London was no stranger to passion when he met and married Charmian Kittredge, the love of his life. Despite his adventurous past, London had never before met a woman like Charmian; she adored fornication and boxing, and willingly risked life and limb to sail and explore. She typed his manuscripts while he churned out novels, serving as his inspiration and his critic. Lover, fighter, and onetime hobo, Jack London lived large and died before he was forty. This is a rare biography, from bestselling historian Alex Kershaw, that proves the truth can be more fascinating--and a far greater adventure--than a fiction.

Biography of the colorful American writer who had been an oyster pirate, a seal hunter, a mill worker, a hobo, and a political activist before becoming a popular author at the age of twenty-nine.

"The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--

Several years after Jack London’s death, his wife Charmian released a 2-volume biography of his life. Volume I starts with the origins of his parents, John and Flora, and covers Jack’s childhood and early life growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. It also covers his oyster pirating, Klondike trips, and time spent riding the railroads. The book is full of his letters to Cloudesley Johns, Anna Strunsky, and others. The first volume ends with his voyage to Asia to cover the Japanese-Russian War. Volume II starts with his return from Korea after war-reporting and his divorce from his first wife. It covers their trip on the Snark and trips to New York and around Cape Horn. The 'bad year' when his house burns is described in detail, as is a return to Hawaii and the start of World War I. The volume ends with Jack's death in 1916.

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 (White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and The Sea Wolf, 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. Illustrated throughout with drawings, facsimile pages from his works, and contemporary photographs, many taken by London himself, An Autobiography of Jack London is a revealing portrait of this complicated and fascinating man in his own words, and is largely composed of excerpts from his memoirs: The Road, John Barleycorn, and The Cruise of the Snark. More than a mere biographical summary of a man's life, An Autobiography of Jack London aims to give the reader real insight into the character and personality of this uniquely American literary icon.