Earle Labor

Earle Labor (born 1928) is the official biographer of novelist Jack London and curator of the Jack London Museum in Shreveport. He is also Wilson Professor of American Literature at Centenary College of Louisiana. He is one of the oldest professors at Centenary College as well as one of its most respected scholars. Classes he currently teaches and has in the recent past are among others: a class on Jack London, a class on American gothic fiction titled 'The Power of Darkness', A seminar class on the American novel, and a two semester class overviewing American literature.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has taken one of its definitions of funambulism from an essay of his on the subject Fact|date=March 2008. It is a common strategy of his to identify characters in literary works who demonstrate the psychological trait of funambulism.

Bibliography

*"Jack London", 1974
*"The Letters of Jack London", 1988
*"Short Stories of Jack London: Authorized one-volume edition", 1990
*"The Call of the wild, White Fang, and other stories", 1990
*"The Complete short stories of Jack London", 1993
*"The Portable Jack London", 1994
*"Jack London" Rev. edition, 1994

References

* [http://www.getcited.org/mbrx/PT/99/MBR/10294744 getCITED entry on Earle Labor] , accessed on August 16, 2005.
*cite web|url=http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/Profiles/earleLabor.html|title=Interview With Jack London Scholar Dr. Earle Labor|work=The World of Jack London|accessmonthday=August 16 |accessyear=2005