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    John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
    John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
    John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
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    John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs

    Written by Jack London

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (alcohol). There is much controversy about the cause of his death just as there is about alcoholism and addiction. London's brutally frank and honest analysis of his own struggles and bouts with alcohol was way before its time and more modern theories of addiction. With remarkable candor and insight, London describes the demons and gods he encountered through both friend and enemy, John Barleycorn. (Summary by Peter Kelleher)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
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    Jack London

    Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876, and was a prolific and successful writer until his death in 1916. During his lifetime he wrote novels, short stories and essays, and is best known for ‘The Call of the Wild’ and ‘White Fang’.

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