A road novel fifty years before kerouac, the valley of the moon traces the odyssey of billy and saxon roberts from the labor strife of oakland at the turn of the century through central and northern california in search of land they can farm independentlya journey that echoes jack londons own escape from urban poverty. Please, consider this image only as a reference, it will not always be the exact cover used in the edition of the published book. Jack london, the valley of the moon, 19 first edition. The valley of the moon jack london 1876 1916 the novel valley of the moon is a story of a workingclass couple, billy and saxon roberts, struggling laborers in oakland at the turn of the century, who left the city life behind and searched central and northern california for a suitable farmland to own. Sometimes it is not possible to find the cover corresponding to the book whose edition is published. As london lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, he began researching a. Jul 09, 2008 in 1905, jack london, american adventurer and author of the call of the wild, the sea wolf, white fang, and more than two dozen other books, purchased over 100 acres of land outside the town.
The valley where it is set, is located north of the san francisco bay area in sonoma county, california, where jack london was a resident. Rarely, one might find a monumental book, but this book is majestic. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the valley of the moon. A pioneer in the thenburgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction. In the valley of the moon, jack london shows the reader what he can do, and then doesnt do it. The valley of the moon traces the odyssey of billy and saxon roberts from the labor strife of oakland at the turn of the century through central and northern california in search of land they can farm independently a journey that echoes jack london s own escape from urban poverty. Jack london s mother, flora wellman, was the fifth and youngest child of pennsylvania canal builder marshall wellman and his first wife, eleanor garrett jones. V samom bolshom proizvedenii pisatelja pokazan uhod glavnyh geroev iz zhestokogo i besposhhadnogo mira v lunnuju dolinu, gde chelovek mozhet svobodno zhit v garmonii s okruzhajushhim mirom i samim soboj. The valley of the moon by jack london on free audio book. The valley of the moon jack london ebook audiobook. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. First part of the book is the most perceptive and bestwritten example i can remember of a love story told from the viewpoint of both lovers, but then it dissolves into a treatise on agricultural practices. The project gutenberg ebook of the valley of the moon, by jack london this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. The valley of the moon jack london english pdf epub.
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