This collection of seven critical essays reveals a complicated figure with a literary persona and a mass-market image. London rose from a working class background in Oakland, California, to prominence as one of the most prolific authors in the world. Scholars have put him under a literary microscope since his death in 1916. Academics analyze his work and his political views in an attempt to distinguish between the private man and the public figure, while modern writers find his creative output daunting. (Cover Art: Photos in the Public Domain)