The Clinch: The Pugilism Anthology

Jack London was born and raised in the Bay area and was working full-time by the time he was 13 years old. He borrowed money to enroll in classes at the University of California Berkeley in 1896 but dropped out after a year and headed to the Yukon for a short lived career as a prospector. Upon his return Londons literary career began in earnest and until his death in 1916 he wrote short stories novels essays poetry journalism and memoirs.The Clinch is a collection of four London works--two novellas and two short stories--on the topic characters and context of pugilism in California in the early 20th Century. Included in this anthology are The Game (1905) A Piece of Steak (1909) The Mexican (1911) and The Abysmal Brute (1913). The Clinch also includes an original introduction by noted scholar and collector J. Lawrence Mitchell (Professor Emeritus Texas A&M University).