{"product_id":"9781632206671","title":"Jack London on Adventure : Words of Wisdom from an Expert Adventurer","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eJack London on Adventure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jack London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack London was a writer, but more than that, he was an adventurer who wrote about his adventures. Growing up working class in San Francisco, London diligently scrounged out a life riding trains, pirating oysters, working on a sealing ship, and working at a cannery, all the while using his free time to hole up in libraries reading novels and travel books. A harrowing voyage aboard a sealing ship, where he and the crew were almost killed by a typhoon, convinced him to start writing stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a brief time on the east coast and a stint in the Yukon mining for gold, London returned to California. He published his stories in the \u003ci\u003eOverland Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, which prompted him to become more disciplined in his writing. He published numerous novels over the years, including \u003ci\u003eThe Call of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, a story about a dog who becomes a sled dog in the Yukon, \u003ci\u003eThe People of the Abyss\u003c\/i\u003e, which heavily critiqued capitalism, and \u003ci\u003eJohn Barleycorn\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoiristic novel that detailed his struggles with alcoholism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith quotes from the array of Jack London’s writings, readers will get a sense of his life as well as a keen yearning for undertaking their own adventures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781632206671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Skyhorse","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40949494448334,"sku":"9781632206671","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_2f5dc177-172e-46c1-b82d-c2ff2d01eee1.jpg?v=1646165611","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781632206671","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}