The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of the frost , and they seemed to lean toward each other , black and ominous , in the fading light . A vast silence reigned over the land .
This is a rare biography, from bestselling historian Alex Kershaw, that proves the truth can be more fascinating--and a far greater adventure--than a fiction.
In Jack London: An American Life, the noted Jack London scholar Earle Labor explores the brilliant and complicated novelist lost behind the myth—at once a hard-living globe-trotter and a man alive with ideas, whose passion for seeking new ...
The stories in this collection show the wide range of Jack London's storytelling talents, and they continue to thrill readers today just as they have for generations.
The award-winning author of Sam Houston: A Life chronicles the pursuits of Call of the Wild author Jack London, exploring the lesser-known man, a hard-living globetrotter and a man alive with ideas who had an undying passion for social ...
All his characters, including Burning Daylight, are Jack London in masquerade or Jack London as he dreamed of himself.
More than a mere biographical summary of a man's life, An Autobiography of Jack London aims to give the reader real insight into the character and personality of this uniquely American literary icon.
There is a woman in the state of Nevada to whom I once lied continuously, consistently, and shamelessly, for the matter of a couple of hours. I don't want to...
Smitten with a cultivated young woman, a sailor determines to better himself. London's semi-autobiographical novel offers a thought-provoking study of ambition, highlighted by memorable characters and a compelling narrative.
He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. In this book: The Call of the Wild White Fang The Sea-Wolf
Here is a compelling middle grade nonfiction tale of how one classic writer drew upon a rugged life of adventure to create works of literature, punctuated by stunning black-and-white art by Wendell Minor and illustrative photographic ...