The Valley of the MoonA road novel fifty years before Kerouac, The Valley of the Moon traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Central and Northern California in search of land they can farm independently—a journey that echoes Jack London's own escape from urban poverty. As London lost hope in the prospects of the socialist party and organized labor, he began researching a scientific and environmentally sound approach to farming. In his novel, it is Saxon, London's most fully realized heroine, who embodies these concerns. The Valley of the Moon is London's paean to his second wife Charmian and to the pastoral life and his ranch in Glen Ellen, the Valley of the Moon. |
Contents
3 | |
8 | |
15 | |
21 | |
CHAPTER V | 33 |
CHAPTER VI | 36 |
CHAPTER VII | 42 |
CHAPTER VIII | 48 |
CHAPTER XV | 197 |
CHAPTER XVI | 206 |
CHAPTER XVII | 217 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 226 |
CHAPTER XIX | 234 |
CHAPTER I | 243 |
CHAPTER II | 253 |
CHAPTER III | 262 |
CHAPTER IX | 54 |
CHAPTER X | 60 |
CHAPTER XI | 69 |
CHAPTER XII | 80 |
CHAPTER XIII | 84 |
CHAPTER XIV | 88 |
CHAPTER XV | 94 |
CHAPTER I | 101 |
CHAPTER II | 106 |
CHAPTER III | 112 |
CHAPTER IV | 117 |
CHAPTER V | 122 |
CHAPTER VI | 128 |
CHAPTER VII | 133 |
CHAPTER VIII | 142 |
CHAPTER IX | 149 |
CHAPTER X | 155 |
CHAPTER XI | 161 |
CHAPTER XII | 171 |
CHAPTER XIII | 179 |
CHAPTER XIV | 188 |
CHAPTER IV | 279 |
CHAPTER V | 288 |
CHAPTER VI | 296 |
CHAPTER VII | 302 |
CHAPTER VIII | 312 |
CHAPTER IX | 321 |
CHAPTER X | 330 |
CHAPTER XI | 337 |
CHAPTER XII | 351 |
CHAPTER XIII | 355 |
CHAPTER XIV | 364 |
CHAPTER XV | 372 |
CHAPTER XVI | 376 |
CHAPTER XVII | 382 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 390 |
CHAPTER XIX | 398 |
CHAPTER XX | 403 |
CHAPTER XXI | 410 |
CHAPTER XXII | 416 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abalone acres ain't arms asked beat beautiful Bert Billy Murphy Billy Roberts Billy's broke canyon Carmel caught Charley Long cried d'ye dance dear dollars dream everything eyes face farm feet fight fightin folks girl Glen Ellen goin gotta guess half Hall hand Hastings head heard horses hundred hurt Jack Hastings Jack London knew land laughed lips live look Mark Hall married Mary Mercedes moon Mortimer mother never night nodded nothin Oakland Otto Frank outa pretty ranch redwoods remember road San Leandro Sarah Saxon and Billy scabs seemed shook shoulders sighed smiled Sonoma Sonoma Creek Sonoma Mountain Sonoma Valley stopped street strike strikers sure talk teamsters tell there's They's thing thinkin thousand told took trees turned uncon valley wagon waited West Oakland What's wife wild woman women young