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The colorful and complicated life of San Francisco’s Jack London, the iconic turn-of-the-20th century author, gets a new look in the recently released biography, “Wolf: The Lives of Jack London.” We speak with the book’s author, James L. Haley and Sonoma State Professor Jonah Raskin, the editor of “The Radical Jack London,” about London’s politics, personal adventures, and his prodigious literary work.

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Professor Jonah Raskin, chair of Communications Studies Department at Sonoma State University and author of "The Radical Jack London: Writings on War and Revolution" and "Field Days: A Year of Farming, Eating, and Drinking Wine in California"

James L. Haley, historian and author of "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London," "Sam Houston" and "Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas"

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