01976cam a2200337 i 4500 1164308014 TxAuBib 20140820120000.0 130219s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012050948 9780374178482 hardback $30.00 0374178488 hardback $30.00 (OCoLC)827256452 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA OCLCO OCLCQ IH7 OCO ABG YDXCP CDX BKL TxAuBib rda Labor, Earle, 1928- Jack London : an American life / Earle Labor. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. xviii, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-434) and index. Mothers and fathers -- Childhood's end -- The apostate -- A boy among men -- The dream as nightmare -- The open road -- A man among boys -- Higher education -- The golden dream -- Breakthrough : "Overland" and "The black cat" -- Best in class : "The Atlantic" -- Marriage and success -- In key with the world -- Anna and the "abyss" -- the wonderful year -- The wages of war -- The long sickness -- The valley of the moon -- Catastrophe -- Paradise lost -- Paradise momentarily regained -- Inferno -- The agrarian dream and loss of joy -- Four horses for a chicken thief -- Unlucky thirteen -- New York, Mexico, and home again -- A sea-change -- Silver speech, golden silence. "The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"-- Provided by publisher. 20140820. London, Jack 1876-1916. Authors, American 19th century Biography. Authors, American 20th century Biography. TXKIP