The Iron Heel (Wordsworth Classics)

The Iron Heel is an essential work in the canon of Socialist literature. It caused great controversy on its first publication in 1908 and was banned in several parts of America.











Set between 1912 and 1918, the 'Iron Heel' is the fascistic and militaristic oligarchy which, in collusion with subsidised unions, ruthlessly suppresses democracy and free institutions in America, thus driving voices of dissent and opposition underground, from where this powerful story is presented as the manuscript of the Socialist leaders, Avis and Ernest Everhard.

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Jack London was an American author, journalist, and adventurer. London s early careers as sailor, fisherman, and prospector provided inspiration for his later writing, and it was only when he returned from the Klondike that London decided to focus on social activism and journalism. He soon became a popular magazine columnist and author, and a prolific commercial writer, penning over two dozen novels, and numerous short stories and poems. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, and the short stories To Build a Fire, and An Oddyssey of the North. London died in 1916. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. Read more Continue reading Read less