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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....
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| Format: | Online Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Rockville (Md.)] :
New Word City,
[2017]
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| Access: | Online version |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781640190450 1640190457 |
| Access: | Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. |