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Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916)[2] was an Americanwriter. He wrote many books. He lived in the U.S. state of California but also spent a lot of time in Hawaii and Alaska.
His most famous book was The Call of the Wild. The Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck who is taken to Alaska to work with a pack of dogs pulling a sled. This book took place during the Klondike Gold Rush. Many people bought The Call of the Wild and Jack London became a famous writer. He also wrote other books about dogs and wolves. Another one of his famous books is White Fang.
Jack London was also a hobo at one time. He wrote a book about this called The Road. Jack London had political beliefs. He was a socialist. One of his famous books is The Iron Heel, which is the story of the government using force against the socialist movement.
He also spent some time at sea and making a living as an "oysterpirate". He wrote many books about sailing and boats. One of his best-known books about life at sea was The Sea Wolf.
He married Charmian London born Kittredge (second wife). He was on the vanguard of animal welfare and attempted a model pig farm, and experimented with early ecological agricultur
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Jack London
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.
- See also: White Fang
Quotes
[edit]- I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
- Life? Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest.
- I love the flesh. I'm a pagan. “Who are they who speak evil of the clay? The very stars are made of clay like mine!”
- Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
- The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.
- "To Build a Fire" published as a collection of short stories in the book Lost Face (1910)
- A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.
- "Confession" in Complete Works of Jack London, Delphi Classics, (2013)
- I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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Jack London
Jack London awarding 1900Born January 12, 1876(1876-01-12)
San Francisco, California
United StatesDied November 22, 1916 (aged 40)
Glen Ellen, California
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[edit]Personal background
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