Jack London by Alex Kershaw
Jack London's life was frequently more dramatic than any of the fiction he wrote. Born illegitimate in 1876 on the San Francisco waterfront, his writing life was relatively short but hugely prolific. Apart from writing 50 books, he lectured for the Socialist Party of America, gathered first-hand material in the London slums for The People of the Abyss, supported several families, worked as a war correspondent in Korea and Mexico, introduced surfing to the West Coast, sailed the seas in his yacht the Snark and slowly drank himself to death.After graduating from Oxford University, Alex Kershaw worked as an advertising copywriter and then as a television researcher for Channel 4's 'Dispatches' before joining 'City Limits' as a features writer. He has been a contributing editor of 'GQ Magazine' and feature-writer for the 'Weekend Guardian' and the 'Sunday Times'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002555852 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002555859 |
| Title | Jack London |
| Author | Alex Kershaw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1997-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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