In 1902, Jack London, posing as an out-of-work sailor, went
underground into the belly of the beast: the slums of London's East
End. With passion and vision, he used his skill as a journalist to
expose the horrors of the Abyss to the world. Because of his
ability to blend in with working people and put them at their ease,
because he donned their clothing, and spent nights on the street
--working odd jobs, sleeping in the homeless shelters--he gained an
insight into the slum life which remains unique. By interweaving
the personal stories of the people he encountered with political
analysis, he produced a vibrant work of nonfiction, which remains
relevant to this day. Consider the following: about one in five
children in the US live in poverty. Poverty is war, and it rages on
with no end in sight, and the management is still guilty of
mismanaging the wealth. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the People of
the Abyss are among us today.
Jack London was famous for his adventure stories, such as "White
Fang" and "The Call of the Wild," but he was also a skilled
political writer and social critic. He led a varied and colorful
life as a journalist, laborer, fisherman, gold-prospector and even
a vagrant. Jack London came to the East End of London in 1902, and
"The People of the Abyss" is the result of his investigative
journalism that paints a vivid and disturbing portrait. It is both
a literary masterpiece and a major sociological study. London posed
as a stranded American sailor, sleeping in doss houses and living
with the destitute and starving - the record of what he saw there
remains as powerful today as it was then. Published to coincide
with the centenary of his visit to the East End, this important
book is an incredible precursor to the writings of George Orwell,
and remains a standard-bearer critique of capitalism.
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