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29 de mai. de 2024 · Jack London, American novelist and short-story writer whose best-known works—among them The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)—depict elemental struggles for survival. During the 20th century he was one of the most extensively translated of American authors.
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Late in 1876, Flora Wellman married John London, a partially disabled Civil War veteran, and brought her baby John, later known as Jack, to live with the newly married couple. The family moved around the San Francisco Bay Area before settling in Oakland, [16] where London completed public grade school.
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Jack London was born in San Francisco, California. His mother, Flora Wellman, became pregnant with Jack while living with William Chaney, an attorney and astrologer. Chaney left Wellman and did not play an active role in Jack's life. In the year that Jack was born, Wellman married John London, a Civil Warveteran. They stayed in California, but move...
Jack London married Elizabeth "Bessie" Maddern on April 7, 1900. Their wedding was held on the same day that his first short story collection, "Son of the Wolf", was published. Between 1901 and 1902, the couple had two daughters, Joan and Bessie, the latter of which was nicknamed Becky. In 1903, London moved out of the family home. He divorced Bess...
Jack London held socialist views. These views were evident in his writing, speeches and other activities. He was a member of the Socialist Labor Party and the Socialist Party of America. He was a Socialist candidate for mayor of Oakland in 1901 and 1905, but did not receive the votes he needed to get elected. He made several socialist-themed speech...
Jack London published his first two novels, "The Cruise of the Dazzler" and "A Daughter of the Snows" in 1902. A year later, at the age of 27, he achieved commercial success with his most famous novel, "The Call of the Wild". This short adventure novel was set during the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush, which London experienced firsthand during his year ...
"The Cruise of the Dazzler" (1902)"A Daughter of the Snows" (1902)"The Call of the Wild" (1903)"The Kempton-Wace Letters" (1903)"Son of the Wolf" (1900)"Chris Farrington, Able Seaman" (1901)"The God of His Fathers & Other Stories" (1901)"Children of the Frost" (1902)"An Old Soldier's Story" (1894)"Who Believes in Ghosts!" (1895)"And 'FRISCO Kid Came Back" (1895)"Night's Swim In Yeddo Bay" (1895)"Theft" (1910)"Daughters of the Rich: A One Act Play" (1915)"The Acorn Planter: A California Forest Play" (1916)"The Road" (1907)"The Cruise of the Snark" (1911)"John Barleycorn" (1913)"Through The Rapids On The Way To The Klondike" (1899)"From Dawson To The Sea" (1899)"What Communities Lose By The Competitive System" (1900)"The Impossibility Of War" (1900)14 de dez. de 2016 · London became even more personal in his confessional 1913 memoir John Barleycorn, where he recounts the heavy significance that alcohol—personified as John Barleycorn—plays in his life.
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2 de abr. de 2014 · His father was never part of his life, and his mother ended up marrying John London, a Civil War veteran, who moved his new family around the Bay Area before settling in Oakland.
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14 de out. de 2013 · A new biography of the writer behind Call of the Wild and White Fang explores the life experiences that informed those works. London grew up in poverty, says biographer Earle Labor.
21 de out. de 2013 · Caleb Crain reviews “Jack London: An American life” and the writer’s tales of nature and survival, which made new kinds of cruelty available to fiction.
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