7 Books By & About JACK LONDON Smoke Bellew JOHN BARLEYCORN South Sea Tales + 4

Description: HERE ARE 7 BOOKS BY AND ABOUT JACK LONDON:#1 SMOKE BELLEWBy Jack LondonThe World Publishing Company, New York, NY, Revised Edition 1953Hardcover, very good condition, minor shelf/reading wear, dust jacket is fair, chip[ped/tattered edges, jacket is protected in clear archival sleeveWorld Junior LibraryAn adventure in the Klondike by the author of Call of the Wild. Smoke Bellew gives to the reader an unforgettable picture of one of the last American frontiers. The tales London spins around Smoke and his partner, Shorty, are based on many actual events. #2 JOHN BARLEYCORN Alcoholic Memoirs Jack London Illustrated by H. T. Dunn Afterword by James B. HallWestern Tanager Press, Santa Cruz, CA, 3rd Paperback edition, October 1988Trade softcover, very good conditionJohn Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. It was first published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".The novel's themes include masculinity and male friendship. London discusses various life experiences he has had with alcohol and at widely different stages in his life. Key stages are his late teen years when he earned money as a sailor and later in life when he was a wealthy, successful writer.#3 The Works of JACK LONDON South Sea TalesJack LondonThe Review of Reviews Company, New York, NY, Reprinted November 1911Hardcover, very good condition, minor shelf/reading wear, lacking dust jacketSouth Sea Tales is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship.A rare pearl is fought over during a hurricane on a South Sea island. A zealous missionary sets out to spread the gospel in a land of cannibals. The son of a Polynesian chief becomes the slave of a white man. These stories and others portray life in the South Seas in the days of tall ships over a century ago.#4 TALES OF THE PACIFICJack London Introduction and Afterword by Andrew SinclairPenguin Books, New York, NY, 1989Trade softcover, near very good conditionPenguin Twentieth Century Classics bookShattered by tropical disease and a grueling voyage across the Pacific, Jack London spent many of the last months of his life writing in Hawaii. His search for untouched civilizations had revealed cruelty and ignorance beside startling beauty, a flawed paradise.Tales of the Pacific is the fruit of this quest. The stories embody the power and harshness of Hemingway and demonstrate a mastery of the short story form equal to that of Conrad or Kipling. They spring from London's desire to reconcile the dream of a unfallen world with the harsh reality of twentieth century materialism.#5 BURNING DAYLIGHTJack LondonThe Jack London Museum of Oakland California, 1997Trade softcover, good conditionBurning Daylight is a novel by Jack London that was first published in 1910 and was one of the best-selling books of that year and London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel has been adapted for film.The first part of the novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893 and in Alaska. The second part of the novel takes place in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area. "Burning Daylight", the main character, is partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith but named for Elam Harnish.#6 JACK LONDON AND HIS TIMES An Unconventional BiographyBy Joan LondonThe Book League of America, New York, NY, 1939, First EditionHardcover, very good condition, minor shelf/reading wear, lacking dust jacketTrained in historical research, during the late 1930s, Joan London researched and wrote Jack London and His Times, a biography of her father. To do so, she received permission from Charmian Kittredge London to view her father's archive at the Huntington Library; being cut out of her father's will, she had no independent right.#7 JACK LONDON, SAILOR ON HORSEBACK A Biographical Novel byIrving StoneDoubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1938Hardcover, very good condition, gift inscription, minor shelf/reading wear, dust jacket is fair-goodHere is a new edition of Irving Stone's famous biographical novel of Jack London, first published in 1938.Jack London was one of the most turbulent, dramatic figures ever to roar onto the American literary scene. In this biographical novel Irving Stone has made the author of Call of the Wild come to life again with all his color and gusto.*******************Please see our other listings of books by Jack London.....we are happy to combine shipping fees! 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