The Valley of the Moon
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 5519488509 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 488 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Colleen Morris said A stroll through history. Fascinating to see California through London's eyes. The class and cultural evolutions were also fascinating. A great read for wine country enthusiasts.. One Star Very sad condition, actually recycled it:(Without even wanting to read it as is smelled like mildew.. Good book KLenox Good book. Classic for a reason.
He was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. His career was well under way. He taught himself in the public library, mainly just by reading books. Among his famous works are: Children of the Frost (1902), The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904), The Game (1905), White Fang (1906), The Road (1907), Before Adam (1907), Adventure (1911), and The Scarlet Plague (1912).. London was self-educated. In 1898, he began struggling seriously to break into print, a struggle memorably described in his novel, Martin Eden (1909). John Griffith Chaney (1876-1916), better known by the pen name Jack London, was an American author and a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction
It follows Billy and Saxon Roberts, who, after becoming disillusioned with labor difficulties, strike out on the road north to find a place where they can live close to the land. From Library Journal Far away from his snowy Yukon adventures, London set this 1913 novel in the warmth of California's green hills. . Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. This edition sports a new foreword by California State Librarian Kevin Starr