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About the Author. 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. By the time he was sixteen he had been both an oyster pirate and a member of the Fish Patrol in San Francisco Bay.
Jack London. Jack London. Jack London ( San Francisco, 12. siječnja 1876. – Glen Ellen, 22. studenog 1916. ), američki književnik. Pravo ime mu je John Griffith London . U mladosti je bio raznosač leda, prodavač novina, mornar, tvornički radnik. Otac mu se bavio svim i svačim a najviše astrologijom. Samouk je i mnogo je putovao.
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.
Sep 21, 2016 · Jack London also spent time looking at poverty elsewhere — particularly London’s East End, where he went native among the poor of England by dressing in sailor’s gear and living in workingmen’s dormitories in 1902. Like other western authors, he earned little regard from the eastern literary establishment, and returned the favor.
Jack London was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, the illegitimate son of Flora Wellman, the rebellious daughter of an aristocratic family, and William Chaney, a traveling astrologer who abandoned Flora when she became pregnant. Eight months after her son was born, Flora married John London, a grocer and Civil War veteran whose last ...
Oct 14, 2013 · Jack London's 1903 The Call of the Wild was a sensation — it sold one million copies and made London the most popular American writer of his generation. He's shown above in 1916, shortly before ...
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 ...
