JACK LONDON AND THE KLONDIKE: The Genesis of an American Writer
by Franklin Walker
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1966. First edition, first printing. 1966 date printed to the title page. Twelve photographs on glossy black-and-white plates. Walker, a Jack London scholar and professor of American Literature, presents an accurate and detailed account of Jack London's activities and experiences in the Alaskan gold rush, from which many of his writings were based, and offers a comparison and relation of real life to creative writing results. Fine in black linen with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. Octavo; 288 pages; Klondike writings bibliography; sources; index.
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