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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 ...
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Legend has it the name Sonoma (also known as the “ Valley of the Moon ”) derives from an indigenous word for “many moons.”. What's true, however, is that indigenous tribes lived here for 12,000 years before the Spanish, Mexicans and Americans arrived, and the name Sonoma may actually stem from “noma”--a Mayakmah word for town.
Jun 29, 1999 · Paperback – June 29, 1999. A road novel fifty years before Kerouac, The Valley of the Moon traces the odyssey of Billy and Saxon Roberts from the labor strife of Oakland at the turn of the century through Central and Northern California in search of land they can farm independently―a journey that echoes Jack London's own escape from urban ...
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Nov 4, 2015 · The Valley of the Moon is a novel by American writer Jack London written in 1913. 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.
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Apr 7, 2020 · The road novel that gave Sonoma Valley its nickname from the renowned nineteenth-century American author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang. In Oakland, California, former boxer Billy Roberts and his wife, Saxon, have a turbulent marriage, disrupted by the social issues of turn-of-the-century urban California—including labor strikes and violence.
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Mar 3, 2018 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Valley of the Moon Author: Jack London Posting Date: September 17, 2008 [EBook #1449] Release Date: September, 1998 Last Updated: March 3, 2018 Language: English Character set encoding ...
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Sep 1, 1998 · The Valley of the Moon Credits: Produced by Jerry Wann, Dianne Bean, and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Working class -- Fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Farm life -- Fiction Subject: Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction Subject: California -- Fiction ...
