{"product_id":"the-portable-jack-london-9780140179699","title":"The Portable Jack London","description":"Alfred Kazin has aptly remarked that \"the greatest story Jack London ever wrote was the story he lived.\" Newsboy, factory \"work beast,\" gang member, hobo, sailor, Klondike argonaut, socialist crusader, war correspondent, utopian farmer, and world-famous adventurer: London is the closest thing America has had to a literary folk hero. His writing itself is concerned with nothing less than the largest questions and the grandest themes: What does it mean to be a human being in the natural world? What debts do human beings owe each other - and to all their fellow creatures? This collection places London, at last, securely within the American literary pantheon. It includes the complete novel \u003cb\u003eThe Call of the Wild\u003c\/b\u003e; such famous stories as \"\u003cb\u003eLove of Life\u003c\/b\u003e,\" \"\u003cb\u003eTo Build a Fire\u003c\/b\u003e,\" and \"\u003cb\u003eAll Gold Canyon\u003c\/b\u003e\"; journalism, political writings, literary criticism, and selected letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Griffith \"Jack\" London\u003c\/b\u003e (1876-1916) is an American author, journalist, and social activist. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, as well as the short stories \"To Build a Fire\", \"An Odyssey of the North\", and \"Love of Life\".\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51254033056018,"sku":"9780140179699","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed552a16-0dc5-4caf-a76d-5ba464618a69.jpg?v=1746304112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-portable-jack-london-9780140179699","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}