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Stefoff, Rebecca

Jack London: An American Original

(4) YA Oxford Portraits series. The adventurous author's brief life is thoroughly, if somewhat blandly, recounted in a volume illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions. Although the book contains some excerpts of London's writing, and a chapter is devoted to his literary legacy, readers may be disappointed that his best-known works, such as The Call of the Wild and White Fang, are not discussed in greater depth. Bib., ind.

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