John Barleycorn (Paperback)
| Author: Jack London |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
ISBN-10: 1420930931
ISBN-13: 9781420930931
Sku: 208088182
Publish Date: 5/19/2008
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(in Inches) 9H x 6L x 0.5T
Pages:
100
Age Range:
NA
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| "John Barleycorn," which draws its name from an old English folksong, is as close to an autobiography that Jack London ever wrote. London''s love of alcohol is professed quite profusely in this work, however that love is tempered by the recognition of the toll that alcohol bears. As he writes, "This strength John Barleycorn gives is not fictitious strength. It is real strength.... But it is manufactured out of the sources of strength, and it must ultimately be paid for, and with interest." A telling memoir, "John Barleycorn" provides a captivating insight into the life of the author. |
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An autobiographical memoir that deals with the destructive effects of alcohol and London's boyhood and youth spent on the Oakland waterfront.
An autobiographical memoir that deals with the destructive effects of alcohol and London's boyhood and youth spent on the Oakland waterfront.
Author Bio
Jack London
John Griffith London came from a poor family and, as a boy, dropped out of school to sell newspapers and do odd jobs to survive. His father deserted the family and refused to acknowledge London as his son. The boy went to sea, was a gold miner in the Klondike, and worked as a war correspondent; he was also jailed for vagrancy, a traumatic experience that reinforced his deep distrust of the capitalist system and his embrace of socialism. London's fiction is imbued with the rugged living he experienced. During his prolific career, he wrote over 50 books: short stories, novels, and other works. Although enormously successful, London eventually went into debt, and was plagued by personal demons, including alcoholism. He suffered from kidney disease and died at the age of 40 of a morphine overdose that was probably intentional.
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New York Times Book Review
"There are faults in this book--the crudely melodramatic illustrations, for instance. And Mr. London's vocabulary seems strangely limited. But 'John Barleycorn' is a distinguished achievement, a book surely destined to a high place in the world's esteem. Whatever may be its value as temperance propaganda, it must at any rate be acknowledged to be excellent narrative and startlingly real autobiography." - Joyce Kilmer 8/24/13
"There are faults in this book--the crudely melodramatic illustrations, for instance. And Mr. London's vocabulary seems strangely limited. But 'John Barleycorn' is a distinguished achievement, a book surely destined to a high place in the world's esteem. Whatever may be its value as temperance propaganda, it must at any rate be acknowledged to be excellent narrative and startlingly real autobiography." - Joyce Kilmer 8/24/13
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