American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith Lon...
Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire, global traveler, and adventurer, London captured the...
"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: he was the product of a literary condition in America....
On the road 12/01/2001: 661 words, approx. 2 pages
BROKER TALK The Road Runner Story: Premium Credit post-Inde: Closer to Close: BIBA West Midlands Dinner: Cottle & Giles get together: Changes in ULR Market: Moving on after 35 years I caught up with Paul Inskip last month. For 20 years or...
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On the Road 05/10/1999: 322 words, approx. 1 pages
In regard to your article "Wolf Urges Extra Lane Westbound on I- 66" {Metro, May 4}: Increased traffic capacity on I-66 lowers the property values of Arlington homes. Although homeowners thought they had a "deal," they of course are getting double-crossed for political...
At traffic lights on Regent Street recently, I realised that the road ahead of me lay empty - a truly rare occurrence in central London. Nothing but tempting, open Tarmac, heading north towards Oxford Street, for, ooh, at least 15 yards. Heart pounding, I reached...
The call of the open road has always been one of America’s greatest freedoms. Probably because I grew up spending about half my time in the back seat of my parents’ car moving from coast to coast (seven crossings by age 13), the thought of...
