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John Barleycorn, or, Alcoholic memoirs
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"Written during the worst of London's alcoholic periods, 'John Barleycorn' is a uniquely candid and courageous autobiographical memoir that beings with a recounting of London's first taste of alcohol, his first experience being drunk, and his first hangover--all at the age of five. London went on to 'earn his manhood spurs' through hard drinking at the steamy waterfront bars on the San Francisco Bay. Claiming never to have acquired a taste for the stuff, London stresses the important role of the saloon in cultivating alcoholism in young men. He brings to vivid life the romantic allure of a place full of sailors with names like Whisky Bob, whose stories of 'round-the-world journeys, barroom brawls, and dangerous sea adventures mingled with the 'camaraderie of drink.' At once a highly personal work of intense emotional power and an unsparing social commentary on the evils of drink, this masterpiece of autobiographical literature first stunned a world audience in 1913, and today continues to strike a resounding contemporary note"--Back cover.
493754 v.65
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LONDON, Jack. John Barleycorn, or Alcoholic Memoirs: [semiautobiographical novel]
Manuscripts
A.Ms.S. 669 pp. 4to. Author's autograph corrections. Glen Ellen, California.
JL 839
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LONDON, Jack. John Barleycorn, or Alcoholic Memoirs: [semiautobiographical novel]
Manuscripts
Carbon copy (Ms.) 161 pp. 4to. (typewritten). Also: Envelope. Glen Ellen, California.
JL 838