Jack London's Women
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1625340656 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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At age twenty-three, Jack London (1876–1916) sold his first story, and within six years he was the highest paid and most widely read writer in America. What emerges from this well-researched book is a new understanding of London and a compelling portrayal of the women who knew him best.. But as Clarice Stasz demonstrates in this absorbing collective biography, London always relied on a circle of women who nurtured him, sheltered him, and fostered his legacy. London was the son of freethinking Flora Wellman, yet found more maternal comfort from freed slave Jennie Prentiss and his stepsister Eliza. His first wife, Bess Maddern, was a teacher and devoted mother to daughters Bess and Joan, while his second wife, Charmian Kittredge, shared his passion for adventure and served as a model for many characters in his writings. She also reveals the struggle that ensued, after his death, among family members and schola
(In one letter he compares his daughter Joan to a "ruined colt" that can't be trained: "I say let the colt go. Amy Strong, East Boothbay, ME Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Writers like Ernest Hemingway and Jack London, notorious for their hard drinking, womanizing, and adventure seeking, are ripe for biographies that focus on the women in their lives. Within the context of his family, he appears manipulative, miserly, and, at times, downright cruel. Recommended only for academic libraries. What results is a view of London the patriarch, a persona that fits all too comfortably with his hypermasculine image. . Can these men really embody the monolithic machismo they p
. Clarice Stasz is professor of history at Sonoma State University. Her books include The Vanderbilt Women, The Rockefeller Women, and American Dreamers
A fresh perspective on London's life! A Customer Clarice Stasz has extended her inquiry into women whose lives are dynastically joined--notably the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers. While this study departs from interrogating the realm of the rich and famous, it sustains the author's interest in the way in which women are influenced by a close connection with fame--in this case, linkage with America's charismatic first millionaire writer. Stasz's skillfully interwoven subjects range from his mother--wh. This book answers a lot of questions that previous biographies only touch on or omit entirely, namely, what happened to all the women who surrounded London throughout his life and career. Ms. Stasz does a good job filling in the blanks about his mother, wives, and daughters, and brings them to us nearly a hundred years later as three-dimensional people who had great influence on London's life and work. . A Customer said academic mediocrity from a terrible writer -. Statz excelled at making London a turgid, boring figure in her last book - the unreadbale and hugely maligned American Dreamers. How she manages to continue to publish is beyond this reader and great fan of London. She has attacked other writers on London but it is about time she aplogised to us readers for having to wade through such a boring tome. Post-modern, pseudo-feminist London must be spinning in his grave. Give up Clarice - some teach, some