{"product_id":"jack-london-9781469636054","title":"Jack London","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack London (1876-1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the long-standing view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. Thoroughly exploring London's importance as an artist and as a political and public figure, Tichi brings to life a man who merits recognition as one of America's foremost public intellectuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon steps from Tichi's pages as a self-educated intellectual absorbed by the plight of the downtrodden and the oppressed.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Tichi paints a portrait of Jack London as a champion of progressive causes.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"[A] persuasive reappraisal of Jack London. . . . Brings a fresh perspective to an author and thinker frequently dismissed as a mere writer of adventure fiction.\"\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A study of the world in a man and how he hoped to change it.\"\" - Jay Williams, \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Tichi's reframing of London offers a significant rethinking of early twentieth-century America.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An illuminating study of a literary figure long receded into stereotype. . . . A fruitful, well-written blend of cultural history, literary criticism, and biography.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Strongly recommended for London devotees and for anyone with an interest in the evolution of social reforms in America.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019894751575,"sku":"9781469636054","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469636054.jpg?v=1750781638","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jack-london-9781469636054","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}