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John Barleycorn / Jack London ; introduction by Pete Hamill ; notes by Christopher Gair.
LIBRA - Special PS3523.O46 Z467 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- London, Jack, 1876-1916.
- Series:
- Modern Library classics
- The Modern Library classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London, Jack, 1876-1916.
- London, Jack.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages--United States.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- United States.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Alcoholics--United States--Biography.
- Alcoholics.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 220 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- [2001 Modern Library paperback edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Modern Library, [©2001]
- Summary:
- John Barleycorn is the closest thing to an autobiography Jack London ever wrote. It is a startingly honest, vivid and raw account of his life as a drinker, peppered with entertaining anecdotes from a storied and adventure-filled life. This edition features a new introduction by Pete Hamill.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1913.
- Contains "Reading Group Guide": p. [219]-220.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217).
- ISBN:
- 0375757929 :
- 9780375757921
- OCLC:
- 46785230
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