The Art of Manliness

By The Art of Manliness

Jack London's Literary Code [Rebroadcast]

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Published September 26, 2022 10:24am

Note: My guest in this episode, Dr. Earle Labor, died on September 15 at the age of 94. Earle was the world's foremost authority on one of the Art of Manliness' guiding inspirations and lights: Jack London. Earle dedicated his career to London scholarship and his work was pivotal in turning London's literature into a subject of serious study. Earle taught the very first undergraduate and graduate courses devoted to London and penned a hundred articles and ten books about him.

Earle not only admired London's devotion to what the author called "the true spirit of romance and adventure," he...

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