Jack London /
Wernick, Robert
Jack London / Robert Wernick. - Rockville (Md.): New Word City, [2017] - 1 online resource.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Literary Reference Center Collection Vendor-supplied metadata.
Article Abstract: Nothing in Jack London's life was unequivocal. He was a self-taught man whose lack of formal education gave him no coherent structure for his views. His convictions as a socialist were constantly at war with his frontier individualism; his proclivities as a carouser belied his lofty principles. He empathized with underdogs ranging from Mexicans and lepers to the African-American boxer Jack Johnson, but he uncritically accepted California prejudices about Asian immigration and "the yellow peril." Here, in this essay by award-winning journalist Robert Wernick, the story of America's first working-class writer.
1640190457 9781640190450
London, Jack, 1876-1916
1900-1999
Authors, American - 20th century - Biography
�Ecrivains am�ericains - 20e si�ecle - Biographies
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
Authors, American
PS3523.O46
Jack London / Robert Wernick. - Rockville (Md.): New Word City, [2017] - 1 online resource.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Literary Reference Center Collection Vendor-supplied metadata.
Article Abstract: Nothing in Jack London's life was unequivocal. He was a self-taught man whose lack of formal education gave him no coherent structure for his views. His convictions as a socialist were constantly at war with his frontier individualism; his proclivities as a carouser belied his lofty principles. He empathized with underdogs ranging from Mexicans and lepers to the African-American boxer Jack Johnson, but he uncritically accepted California prejudices about Asian immigration and "the yellow peril." Here, in this essay by award-winning journalist Robert Wernick, the story of America's first working-class writer.
1640190457 9781640190450
London, Jack, 1876-1916
1900-1999
Authors, American - 20th century - Biography
�Ecrivains am�ericains - 20e si�ecle - Biographies
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
Authors, American
PS3523.O46