{"product_id":"the-radical-jack-london-writings-on-war-and-revolution-paperback","title":"The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack London\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonah Raskin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Big things are happening secretly all around,\" says Jack London's prescient hero Ernest Everhard in the 1908 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Heel, \u003c\/i\u003eexcerpted in this timely anthology of London's writings about war and revolution. Besides illuminating his surprising literary range, \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Jack London \u003c\/i\u003eestablishes the iconic American author as both a product of his own era and a significant voice for ours. The book features works by London that have been unavailable for decades. In his insightful introduction, editor Jonah Raskin lays out the social, economic, and political contexts for London's polemical writings and shows London to be America's leading revolutionary writer at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis splendid volume does more than reinstate Jack London as a leading voice of the American cultural left. Jonah Raskin documents how London struggled to reconcile his political and his personal desires, creating memorable art but failing to save himself. One of the world's most popular writers comes alive, in all his passion and agony.--Michael Kazin, author of \u003ci\u003eA Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Interest in Jack London never flags. This first-rate anthology places London at the epicenter of the American radical tradition.\"--Kevin Starr, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this well conceptualized anthology, Jonah Raskin has resurrected works that have been unavailable for decades, making \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Jack London\u003c\/i\u003e a very timely presence for the twenty-first century. Raskin's own writing is forceful and engaging, and he is unblinkingly honest about London as person and as writer, never succumbing to romanticizing or whitewashing the picture of either.\"--H. Bruce Franklin, John Cotton Dana Professor of English and American Studies, Rutgers University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jack London always knew how to bang a righteous drum of social indignation, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Jack London\u003c\/i\u003e he can make your heart pound even today.\"--Paul Berman, author of \u003ci\u003ePower and the Idealists \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of \u003ci\u003eCarl Sandburg: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack London \u003c\/b\u003e(1876-1916) was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Call of the Wild \u003c\/i\u003e(1903), \u003ci\u003eThe Sea-Wolf \u003c\/i\u003e(1904), and the prophetic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Heel \u003c\/i\u003e(1908), among some fifty books. \u003cb\u003eJonah Raskin \u003c\/b\u003eis Chair of Communications at Sonoma State University and produces the website radicaljacklondon.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.04 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53025276002611,"sku":"9780520255463","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/yxKLME3cCj9780520255463.webp?v=1770231848","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-radical-jack-london-writings-on-war-and-revolution-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}