{"product_id":"the-star-rover-9781420978810","title":"The Star Rover","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn into poverty in San Francisco in 1876, Jack London is one of the most well-known and beloved of all American authors, as well as one of the first Americans to become world famous and wealthy from his literary career. London lived a colorful and adventurous life as a young man, working as a sailor and then living as a hobo, all before starting high school. First published in 1915 \"The Star Rover\" also published as \"The Jacket\" is the tale of Darrell Standing, a professor who has been imprisoned for murder in San Quentin. While there he is subjected to a severe form of physical and mental torture when prison officials strap him into a canvas jacket that compresses the body. Standing deals with this torture by inducing himself into a trance-like state, in which he travels through time and space. The majority of the novel is comprised with the accounts of Standing's experiences reliving past lives while in this trance. A work apart from London's typical tales of adventure, \"The Star Rover\" remains a peculiar oddity in the literary canon of Jack London. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Digireads.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863824077074,"sku":"9781420978810","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a11a3a27-1553-43bc-8a8a-fba7a8c0dfe0.jpg?v=1737646592","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-star-rover-9781420978810","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}