John Barleycorn
by Jack London
Publisher: The Century Company 1913
ISBN/ASIN: 160589365X
Number of pages: 174
Description:
One of the most entertaining books ever penned by a man. Richly anecdotal and beautifully written, John Barleycorn stands as the earliest intelligent treatment of alcohol in American literature, and as an intensely moving document of one of America's finest writers.
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