John Barleycorn
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John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".
In this memoir, there is the theme of masculinity and male comradeship. Those themes are especially evident in one scene of the memoir where the men are at a pub. Jack London goes to the pub with his acquaintance, Nelson, who is well known around the town as being the prime definition of masculinity....
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