Jack London (Twayne's United States Authors, No. 230)

By Earle G. Labor

Jack London was born a working class, fatherless Californian in 1876. In his youth, he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast-an oyster pirate, a hobo, a sailor, and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805704558
• ISBN13: 9780805704556
• Release Date: June 1974
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 12.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the standard introduction and critical biography

This book has been the introduction and standard critical biography since it first appeared in 1974 and then in 1994, updated and expanded by Jeanne Reesman. I don't know what another reviewer means by "high tower" academics; these authors have spent their careers studying Jack London from his earliest work to his last. They offer balanced and insightful analysis of the man and his enormously popular and artistically compelling works. I read it cover to cover.