title: Jack London: A Writer's Fight for a Better America
author:  Cecelia Tichi 
description: London steps from Tichi's pages as a self-educated intellectual absorbed by the plight of the downtrodden and the oppressed.--<i>Foreword Reviews</i><br><br><br /><br />Tichi paints a portrait of Jack London as a champion of progressive causes.--<i>Chapter 16</i><br><br><br /><br />[A] persuasive reappraisal of Jack London. . . . Brings a fresh perspective to an author and thinker frequently dismissed as a mere writer of adventure fiction.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br><br /><br />A study of the world in a man and how he hoped to change it.--Jay Williams, <i>Studies in American Naturalism</i><br><br><br /><br />Tichi's reframing of London offers a significant rethinking of early twentieth-century America.--<i>American Historical Review</i><br><br><br /><br />An illuminating study of a literary figure long receded into stereotype. . . . A fruitful, well-written blend of cultural history, literary criticism, and biography.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br><br /><br />Strongly recommended for London devotees and for anyone with an interest in the evolution of social reforms in America.--<i>Library Journal</i><br><br>
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  # The Year I Met You
  
  
  ## Cecelia Ahern
  
  
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  ### [Copyright](contents.html#copyright)
  
  
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  First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins _Publishers_ 2014
  
  
  Copyright © Cecelia Ahern 2014
  
  
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  Cecelia Ahern asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this
  work.
  
  
  A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
  
  
  This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents
  portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to
  actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
  
  
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