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His varied experiences heavily influenced his writing and his politics. A straight jacketed prisoner is brutalized and basicly left in the dark in solitary confinement, wills himself to learn astral projection, and relives past lives from previous incarnations. The star rover by jack london,macmillan company book resume. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 266 pages and is available in paperback format. Based on the life and imprisonment of jack londons friend ed morrell, this is one of the authors most complex and original works.
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