Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of
the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life–from
his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations
as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront
brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated
writer–he retained a predilection for drinking on a prodigious
scale. London’s classic "alcoholic memoirs"–the closest thing to an
autobiography he ever wrote–are a startlingly honest and vivid
account of his life not only as a drinker, but also as a storied
adventurer. Richly anecdotal and beautifully written, John
Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol
in American literature, and as an intensely moving document of one
of America’s finest writers. This Modern Library Paperback Classic
includes illustrations from the original edition.
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