John Barleycorn

Jack London, Pete Hamill

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Modern Library Inc
15 September 2001

Autobiography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life-from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated writer-he retained a predilection for drinking on a prodigious scale. London's classic ""alcoholic memoirs""-the closest thing to an autobiography he ever wrote-are a startlingly honest and vivid account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied adventurer. Richly anecdotal and beautifully written, John Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol in American literature, and as an intensely moving document of one of America's finest writers. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes illustrations from the original edition.

By: Jack London
Introduction by: Pete Hamill
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 208g
ISBN: 9780375757921
ISBN 10: 0375757929
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 September 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pete Hamill is the author of A Drinking Life and Piecework, among other books. He lives in New York.