Wolf: The Lives of Jack London

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Born a working-class, fatherless Californian in 1876, Jack London spent his youth as a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast; by adulthood he had matured into the iconic American author of such still universally loved books as The Call of the Wild and White Fang. In Wolf, award-winning biographer James L. Haley explores the forgotten Jack London: a hard-living globetrotter bristling with ideas whose passion for social justice roared until the day he died. Returning London to his proper place...

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Throughout the canon of American literature, few writers have occupied such a rightful place--both as an artist and influence--as Jack London. Born in the late nineteenth century ... into abject poverty, London was well aware of the call for social justice that existed in America even from an early age. In "Wolf," award-winning author James L. Haley guides readers through London's life while illustrating how his early thirst for social rights was the largest influence onhis best loved works. This stirring biography highlights how, despite the commercial success of his books, London fell into deep disillusion when the rest of the world refused to heed his message for justice. Read more Show Less

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Born a working-class, fatherless Californian in 1876, Jack London spent his youth as a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West Coast; by adulthood he had matured into the iconic American author of such still universally loved books as The Call of the Wild and White Fang. In Wolf, award-winning biographer James L. Haley explores the forgotten Jack London: a hard-living globetrotter bristling with ideas whose passion for social justice roared until the day he died. Returning London to his proper place in the American pantheon, Haley resurrects a major American novelist in his full fire and glory.

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It seems as if Jack London (1876–1916), once the highest-paid writer in America because of the phenomenal success of The Call of the Wild in 1903, suffers fluctuations of popularity, partly depending on the political temper of the times. If his reputation is again rising, this new biography by Haley (Sam Houston: A Life) may well be one of the reasons. Raised in a poor, emotionally impoverished family, 15-year-old London sought camaraderie and a rough knowledge of the world from his fellow dockside outlaw colleagues. He soon developed a lifelong passion for the sea, which he satisfied with his later voyages to the South Pacific. His youthful conversion to socialism was perhaps the central intellectual fact of his brief life, and when he was finally accepted to matriculate at Berkeley, London saw his fiction and social commentary published in the student publication. He was soon expelled, though, and then freed to sail the South Seas. VERDICT Haley's work is the sympathetically told story of a man unlucky in his birth to foolish parents, unlucky enough in his health to die at 40, and unlucky with women until his second wife, Charmian. Recommended.—Charles C. Nash, Cottey Coll., Nevada, MO
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  • ISBN-13: 9780465004782
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publication date: 5/25/2010
  • Pages: 400
  • Product dimensions: 6.50 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.40 (d)

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James L. Haley is the author of The Buffalo War, Passionate Nation, and Sam Houston: A Life, which won nine historical and literary awards. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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