Ahhh life - spent the last year after quitting thinking about alcohol, why I drank, my relationship with it, why it is for me both a blessing and a curse. Trying to find the words - and then finding that Jack London expressed pretty much everything I was working towards in his memoir of being a functional alcoholic “John Barleycorn” a hundred years or so ago.
pickOverall, definitely recommend. This book includes a biography written by Philip Foner, which was helpful in providing context for the works included. London's included works varied a little in quality, but tended towards the better end. His autobiographical works were very interesting, seeing his life through his eyes. Also, I found his review of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" interesting, having read the book before.
Next up for reading. I got this at a book store a while ago. Finally getting around to reading it.
When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their meat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis, leaping gigantic above his fellows, his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack.
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pickMy first London story and yes he can write; really damned well. Semi autobiographical tales from his youth when he road the rails as a Hobo, challenging the Shacks, wandering day to day across America and Canada. If you want to understand what the life of a rambler was like at the turn of the twentieth century this is a good starting point.
Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.
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pickVisiting Jack London‘s “Beauty Ranch” (state park) in Sonoma County. His book Valley of the Moon was set here. It‘s a gorgeous place!
