The Valley of the Moon Jack London 9781542946285 Books
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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 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. As London lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, he began researching a scientific and environmentally sound approach to farming. 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 second wife Charmian and to the pastoral life and his ranch in Glen Ellen, the Valley of the Moon.
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Jack London (1876-1916) is best known now for his adventure stories such as The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf. Born in San Francisco, he grew up on farms and ranches in California and attended school in Oakland, worked both menial and adventurous jobs, and spent one semester at the University of California. He joined the Socialist Labor Party, but resigned just before his early death "because of its lack of fire and fight, and its loss of emphasis on the class struggle." Kevin Starr is California State Librarian and author, most recently, of The Dream Endures California Enters the 1940s (1997).
The Valley of the Moon Jack London 9781542946285 Books
The story line may be dated but the ideals and trials of the characters still ring true today. Humans have suffered and then won out. Humans have seen racial and ethnic troubles but have found ways to cooperate and respect each other. And finally, humans have searched for their own piece of perfection and sometimes they find it. Beautiful vocabulary and description in this book.Product details
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The Valley of the Moon Jack London 9781542946285 Books Reviews
Fascinating to see California through London's eyes. The class and cultural evolutions were also fascinating. A great read for wine country enthusiasts.
The Valley of the Moon is a bit different than most of Jack London's novels. I was expecting something different, and I was not disappointed. I spent about half the book trying to figure out how Saxon and Billy would actually make it to the moon. I was expecting something along the lines of The Scarlet Plague, that is science fiction, but got something entirely different. For my taste it was a bit disappointing, still it was a pretty good read but not quite as good as his other better known works.
Accustomed to reading the raw adventure stories of Jack.London, this one surprised me..London.had a tender side. The book also gives an honest account of life for the ordinary person.in the early 20th century. A good read.
This story is long in the writing and offers some surprises about Jack London.
Never knew he could write a story from a woman's perspective and offer it
with so much environmental history of the Oakland area and virtually all parts
south to Carmel-by-the-Sea & Big Sur as well as north well beyond Ft. Bragg.
And the ending is very satisfying after such a long and inquistive journey. This
story is N-O-T in three of my collection of Jack London short & long stories.
Perhaps because it is not quite his normal rustic type narrative, but very much
true to the times around 1913 and thereafter.
While it is not one of London's best novels, I have found it fascinating to read his take on what was happening to the working class in the US in the period just before we entered WWI. The debates over whether the unions were ultimately going to help improve wages and the real concerns about the increasing wealth of the business tycoons of the day at a time when laborers wages were being undercut by influx of immigration. -- All before the "triumphs" of the Progressive Era and the New Deal legislation that gave unions some government backing.
Echoes of today.
The first half of the book was fascinating, gritty, and painted a picture of labor strife so famous in San Francisco and Oakland. The second half slowly became a tourism guide of the California and Oregon coastal ranges, with unbelievable chance encounters with earlier characters in the novel. It got far fetched and too sweetly romantic. But I didn't regret the read, because London paints pictures with his words. It was perhaps more interesting to me than it might be to others, since I live in San Francisco and know all of the locations London covers in the story.
The story is a moving story read it before . But this book was missing half of the book , like 200 pages of the end part of the story was never put into the book.
The story line may be dated but the ideals and trials of the characters still ring true today. Humans have suffered and then won out. Humans have seen racial and ethnic troubles but have found ways to cooperate and respect each other. And finally, humans have searched for their own piece of perfection and sometimes they find it. Beautiful vocabulary and description in this book.
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