Jack London
- John Griffith Chaney
- John Griffith London
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- London, Jack
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1876-01-12
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Date of death
- 1916-11-22
- Place of death
- Sonoma County
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John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".
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American author, journalist and social activist.
Last modified: 2020-08-09 (revision #19493)
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- Jack London wrote A Thousand Deaths
- Jack London wrote Charley's Coup
- Jack London wrote Debs' Traum
- Jack London wrote When God Laughs
- Jack London wrote Hearts of Three
- Jack London wrote The Heathen
- Jack London wrote A Piece of Steak
- Jack London wrote John Barleycorn
- Jack London wrote Feuer auf See
- Jack London wrote Trust
- Jack London wrote Der Abtrünnige
- Jack London wrote All Gold Cañon
- Jack London wrote The Chinago
- Jack London wrote The Seed of McCoy
- Jack London is the subject of Sailor on Horseback
- Jack London wrote That Spot
- Jack London wrote Love of Life
- Jack London is the subject of Jack London: Eine Biographie
- Jack London wrote Created He Them
- Jack London wrote South of the Slot
- Jack London wrote Master of Mystery
- Jack London wrote The Faith of Men
- Jack London is the subject of Jack London: The Man, the Writer, the Rebel
- Jack London wrote Der Walzahn
- Jack London wrote Alaska-Kid
- Jack London wrote The Mexican
- Jack London wrote Südlich vom Slot
- Jack London wrote Otoo, der Heide
- Jack London wrote Der Mexikaner
- Jack London wrote The Red One
- Jack London wrote The Little Man
- Jack London wrote Die Goldschlucht
- Jack London wrote In a Far Country
- Jack London is the subject of Zur See und im Sattel: Das abenteuerliche Leben Jack Londons
- Jack London wrote White Fang
- Jack London wrote The Sea-Wolf
- Jack London wrote A Wicked Woman
- Jack London wrote “Just Meat”
- Jack London wrote A Son of the Sun
- Jack London wrote Make Westing
- Jack London wrote Semper idem
- Jack London wrote The Apostate
- Jack London wrote The Sunlanders
- Jack London wrote Demetrios Contos
- Jack London wrote A Flutter in Eggs
- Jack London wrote A Day's Lodging
- Jack London wrote Nur Fleisch
- Jack London wrote The White Silence
- Jack London is the subject of Jack London: 1876-1916
- Jack London wrote Lost Face
- Jack London wrote Mauki(English)
- Jack London wrote Wonder of Woman
- Jack London wrote Eier
- Jack London wrote König Alkohol
- Jack London wrote Die neue Stadt
- Jack London wrote Die Insel Berande
- Jack London wrote The Whale Tooth
- Jack London wrote Flush of Gold
- Jack London wrote Die Scharlachpest
- Jack London wrote Li Wan the Fair
- Jack London wrote Burning Daylight
- Jack London wrote The Law of Life
- Jack London wrote Der Seewolf
- Jack London wrote The Dream of Debs
- Jack London wrote Before Adam
- Jack London wrote Yah! Yah! Yah!
- Jack London wrote The Iron Heel
- Jack London wrote Smoke Bellew
- Jack London wrote Koolau the Leper
- Jack London wrote Der Chinago
- Jack London wrote Das Mordbüro
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