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Jon Adams
Jon Adams grew up in Santa Clara Valley. At the age of sixteen he left San Francisco on the schooner Fairweather for a cruise around the world. He arrived back in California in tim...view moreJon Adams grew up in Santa Clara Valley. At the age of sixteen he left San Francisco on the schooner Fairweather for a cruise around the world. He arrived back in California in time to participate in the Vietnam War. Afterwards, he attended the University of California, where he received a doctorate in English. Currently he teaches American literature and film at Freiburg University, Germany. Among his various publications are essays on the American Revolution, Jack London, and Sam Peckinpah. The Cruise of the Jest is his first novel.view less