Jack London and The Klondike
Subtitle: The Genesis of an American Writer
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Huntington Library Press; Huntington Library
Published: September 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780873282147
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Literary; Biography & Autobiography / General; United States - State & Local - General; 1876-1916; In literature; Klondike River Valley (Yukon); Knowledge; London, Jack,; National characteristics, American, in literature
Description: Biography, with particular attention to the time London spent in the Yukon, and critique of his Yukon writings.

Literary historian Franklin Walker presents for the first time an accurate and detailed account of the young Jack London's experiences in the famous gold rush that furnished the substance for his most successful books. His exciting winter in the Yukon is recreated partly through quotations from his fiction, partly through travel diaries and the testimony of companions, and partly through Walker's own visit to Dawson City. A comparison of London's experiences with his treatment of them in his stories provides the basis for a pioneer study of his writing methods and his creative talent. --From publisher description.