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The valley of the moon

Author: Jack London
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Series: California fiction (Series)
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"A road novel fifty years before Kerouac, The Valley of the Moon traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife in Oakland at the turn of the century through central and northern California in search of beautiful land they can farm independently - a journey that echoes Jack London's own escape from urban poverty. As he lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, London  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Domestic fiction
Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
London, Jack, 1876-1916.
Valley of the moon.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998
(OCoLC)606379443
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jack London
ISBN: 0520218205 9780520218208
OCLC Number: 39523146
Description: xi, 425 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Series Title: California fiction (Series)
Responsibility: Jack London ; foreword by Kevin Starr.
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Abstract:

"A road novel fifty years before Kerouac, The Valley of the Moon traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife in Oakland at the turn of the century through central and northern California in search of beautiful land they can farm independently - a journey that echoes Jack London's own escape from urban poverty. As he lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, London began researching a scientific and environmentally sound approach to agriculture. In his novel it is Saxon, London's most fully realized heroine, who embodies these concerns. The Valley of the Moon is London's paean to his wife Charmian and to the pastoral life and his ranch in Glen Ellen, the Valley of the Moon. A new foreword by Kevin Starr comments on the themes of the novel and its interest for contemporary readers."--Jacket.

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