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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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Main Author: Wernick, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author: PALCI EBSCO books
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: [Rockville (Md.)] : New Word City, [2017]
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