Yours Truly, Jack London From: The Washington Post | Date: November 20, 1988| Author: | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

THE LETTERS OF JACK LONDON

Edited by Earle Labor, Robert C. Leitz, III,

And I. Milo Shepard

Stanford University Press

Three volumes. $139.50

WHO IS the real Jack London? Is he the youthful oyster pirate, day laborer, hobo and Klondike gold-rusher who, self-taught and self-disciplined, translated these experiences and his personal code of honesty and strength into more than 50 books and world fame? Or is he the consummate role player who, having invented a saleable image and having mastered the art of its popularization, confused its shallow "philosophy" with truth and thereafter bullied ...

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