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Star Rover
Star Rover | Jack London
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"The Star Rover" is the story of San Quentin death-row inmate Darrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life and long stretches in a straitjacket by withdrawing into vivid dreams of past lives, including incarnations as a French nobleman and an Englishman in medieval Korea. Based on the life and imprisonment of Jack London s friend Ed Morrell, this is one of the author s most complex and original works. As Lorenzo Carcaterra argues in his Introduction, "The Star Rover" is written with energy and force, brilliantly marching between the netherworlds of brutality and beauty. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the first American edition, published in 1915."
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Star Rover | Jack London

As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.

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RealLifeReading
Star Rover | Jack London
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#somethingforsept Reading outside. I'm not much of an outside reader. Too many distractions! Mostly because I'm usually outside with the kids doing things (if I didn't have kids I would probably be holed up indoors far more). So instead here's a photo of Wolf House the mansion that Jack (London) built but it burnt down before he and Charmian ever lived in it. You can visit it at the Jack London State Park in Glen Ellen, Sonoma County

Hornsby78 Aw, man! I hate that it burned!! 8y
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RealLifeReading
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I was so happy today. On our last day of the roadtrip we went to the beautiful town of Glen Ellen to pick up sandwiches and picnic at Jack London State Park. I've been wanting to visit for a while now but wasn't sure how accessible it is for kids. Good news it is, especially w a littl golf cart that runs visitors to Wolf House that 26-room mansion that Jack built but it was burnt down before they ever lived in it. Yeah I had to buy a book

RealLifeReading This one of his is about a San Quentin prisoner. And we had driven past San Quentin on the way up to Point Reyes on Saturday 8y
LeahBergen I ❤️ book and author travels! I had never heard of this London book. I'll be interested to read your review. 8y
KVanRead Good to know! It's been on my list to visit for a long time! 8y
BethFishReads Glad it was kid friendly 8y
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