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245 10 a| Jack Londonh| [electronic resource]:b| a writer's fight for a better America /c| Cecelia Tichi.;

260 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2015];

300 a| 281 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index.;

505 0 a| Jack London, American public intellectual: an introduction -- Napoleon of the pen -- The fight for public opinion -- War and empire: "the whole dark butchery without a soul" -- House of progress, house of shame -- The rancher, the wheat king, and "farmers of forty centuries" -- In that prison, things unbelievable and monstrous -- Afterword: unfinished business.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Jack London (1876 -1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the longstanding view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide acclaim for stories, novels, and essays designed to hasten the social, economic, and political advance of America. In this major reinterpretation of London's career, Tichi examines how the beloved writer leveraged his written words as a force for the future" --c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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651 0 a| United Statesx| In literature.=| ^A374677;

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Jack London a writer's fight for a better America / Cecelia Tichi.

Author/creator	Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Description	281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist)
Subjects	London, Jack, 1876-1916. London, Jack, 1876-1916.--Political and social views. Authors, American--19th century. --Biography. Authors, American--20th century. --Biography. Social problems in literature. Social ethics in literature. United States--In literature.

Contents	Jack London, American public intellectual: an introduction -- Napoleon of the pen -- The fight for public opinion -- War and empire: "the whole dark butchery without a soul" -- House of progress, house of shame -- The rancher, the wheat king, and "farmers of forty centuries" -- In that prison, things unbelievable and monstrous -- Afterword: unfinished business.
Abstract	"Jack London (1876 -1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the longstanding view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide acclaim for stories, novels, and essays designed to hasten the social, economic, and political advance of America. In this major reinterpretation of London's career, Tichi examines how the beloved writer leveraged his written words as a force for the future" -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015010517
ISBN	9781469622668 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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