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Here is a compelling middle grade nonfiction tale of how one classic writer drew upon a rugged life of adventure to create works of literature, punctuated by stunning black-and-white art by Wendell Minor and illustrative photographic material.Swept up in the Gold Rush of 1897, young Jack London headed north to strike it rich in the Klondike and discovered something more precious than gold -- the seeds of the stories that would flower into his classic novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, and timeless short stories such as "To Build A Fire." This gripping tale follows London as he treks up the ruthless Chilkoot Trail, braves the lethal Whitehorse Rapids, survives a bad case of scurvy, and conquers many more dangers of the Yukon during his quest for gold. A Christy Ottaviano Book
About the Author
Peter Lourie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in Connecticut; Ontario, Canada; and New York City. He holds a BA in classics from New York University, an MA in English Literature from the University of Maine, and an MFA in nonfiction creative writing from Columbia University. He has taught writing for many years (Middlebury College, Columbia College, University of Vermont) , and now makes his living traveling, writing and photographing. He also visits schools to share his adventures with students and teachers. He traveled on a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker in the Beaufort Sea where he recorded multimedia stories for a digital project funded by the National Science Foundation. His newest book for Henry Holt, Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush, was published in March, 2017. And he is at work on a second adventure biography, about Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
