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Love of Life & Other Stories: By Jack London - Illustrated

Paperback (Independently published Feb. 15, 2017)
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About Love of Life & Other Stories by Jack London In this collection, Jack London has portrayed life, feelings, emotions and the troubles in a heart-rending manner. The anthology includes his famous story ''Love of Life'', that focuses on the struggle of a man to survive. Other stories are also deeply moving and influencing. One of the pioneers of 20th century American literature, Jack London specialized in tales of adventure inspired by his own experiences. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. At 14, he quit school and became an "oyster pirate," robbing oyster beds to sell his booty to the bars and restaurants in Oakland. Later, he turned on his pirate associates and joined the local Fish Patrol, resulting in some hair-raising waterfront battles. Other youthful activities included sailing on a seal-hunting ship, traveling the United States as a railroad tramp, a jail term for vagrancy and a hazardous winter in the Klondike during the 1897 gold rush. Those experiences converted him to socialism, as he educated himself through prolific reading and began to write fiction. After a struggling apprenticeship, London hit literary paydirt by combining memories of his adventures with Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary theory, the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" and a Kipling-influenced narrative style. "The Son of the Wolf"was his first popular success, followed by 'The Call of the Wild", "The Sea-Wolf" and "White Fang".
ISBN
1520602642 / 9781520602646
Pages
91
Weight
6.7 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.2 in.

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