John Barleycorn

An Autobiographical Novel from Adventure Writer Jack London. "Is this flesh of yours you? Or is it an extraneous something possessed by you? Your body - what is it? A machine for converting stimuli into reactions." This autobiographical novel by London is about dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. First published in 1913, John Barleycorn is the first intelligent literary treatise on alcohol in American literature.