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Sep 21, 2016 · The Jack London Symposium at Stanford on Sept. 19, included a curated pop-up exhibit of Jack London's books, objects, and memorabilia. This special exhibit considered the cult of celebrity surrounding Jack London in the twentieth century, and the hold that he continues to have on the western imagination.
Jack London—his real name was John Griffith London—had a wild and colorful youth on the waterfront of Oakland, his native city.Born in 1876, he left school at the age of fourteen and worked in a cannery.
Aug 29, 2012 · Jack London Foundation Newsletter 24.2 (April 2012): 8–10. A carefully researched annual summary of publications on Jack London, including recent young adult fiction portraying London fighting werewolves in the Northland as well as critical works by seasoned scholars.
John Griffith Chaney (São Francisco, 12 de janeiro de 1876 – Califórnia, 22 de novembro de 1916), mais conhecido pelo pseudônimo Jack London, foi um autor, jornalista e ativista social norte-americano. Pioneiro no que era, então, o novo mundo das revistas comerciais de ficção, London foi um dos primeiros romancistas a obter celebridade ...
Jack London in a pose writing outside, c. 1916. No definitive or fully reliable biography of Jack London exists to date. Part of the reason is the literary estate has until recent years limited access to the private papers and manuscripts at the Huntington Library and Utah State University.
Jack London was born on January 12, 1876. By age 30 London was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904) and other literary and journalistic accomplishments. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, he also sought ...
Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.
