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The People of the Abyss by Jack London, Nonfiction, Social Issues, Homelessness & Poverty
Contributor(s): London, Jack (Author)

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 ISBN: 1598189735     ISBN-13: 9781598189735
Publisher: Aegypan
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: This nonfiction book is considered by some to be a brilliant piece of journalism. From the author's preface: "The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the underworld of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before. Further, I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure the life of the underworld. That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which made for less life, which hurt, and dwarfed, and distorted life, was bad."
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 1-12
Grade Level: PreK-7
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.69 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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From the author's preface: "The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the underworld of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before. Further, I took with me certain simple criteria with which to measure the life of the underworld. That which made for more life, for physical and spiritual health, was good; that which made for less life, which hurt, and dwarfed, and distorted life, was bad."

Contributor Bio(s): London, Jack: - "John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning 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. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North" and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf."
 
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