Tag: John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
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“John Barleycorn Must Die”: Addiction attributions in Jack London’s Alcoholic Memoirs
Ad KapteinBarend FlorijnPim van der MeerLeiden, the Netherlands A thousand words every morning—with iron discipline, Jack London adhered to his writing routine. Later in the day, he would turn to John Barleycorn: beer, wine, whisky, and brandy. His John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs (1913) tells of his drinking career, which took off after inadvertently sipping his…