THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
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The Valley of the Moon is a novel by American writer Jack London first published in 1913 by The MacMillan Company. The valley where it is set is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in Sonoma County, California where Jack London was a resident; he built his ranch in Glen Ellen.
The novel The Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who leave city life behind and search Central and Northern California for suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for its scenes in which the proletarian heroes enjoy fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and their settling in the Valley of the Moon.
The Valley of the Moon has been described as "road novel fifty years before Kerouac" and as reflecting London's loss of hope in socialism and growing interest in scientific farming, as well as a hymn of praise to his second wife Charmian.
A film was made in 1914. Billy was played by actor / director Jack Conway and Saxon by Myrtle Stedman.
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
$14.75