Labour/Le Travail, March 22nd, 1999
Alex Kershaw, Jack London: A Life (New York: St. Martin's Press 1997)
THE LIFE DESCRIBED in Alex Kershaw's Jack London: A Life would be unbelievable if the book were not a biography of the legendary author. Although not a scholarly monograph, this volume should interest labour historians on a personal and professional level.
Born into poverty on 12 January 1876, Jack London grew up in Oakland and San Francisco. As a schoolboy London sold newspapers to help support his family. After the eighth grade he worked full-time in a cannery. At the age of 15 he abandoned the factory for life as an o...
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