Jack London 1876 -1916

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Jack London 1876 -1916

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2. Jack London was born in San Francisco. He was deserted by his father, "Professor" William Henry
3. London's youth was marked by poverty. At the age of ten he became an avid reader,
4. After leaving school at the age of 14, London worked as a seaman, rode in freight
5. These years made him determined to raise himself out of poverty but they also gave later
6. Without having much formal education, London spent much time in public libraries reading fiction, philosophy, poetry,
7. London left the school before the year was over and went to seek his fortune in
8. For the remainder of 1898 London again tried to earn his living by writing. His early
9. London's first novel, The Son of the Wolf, appeared in 1900. By 1904 Jack London was
11. Jack London’s Cottage
13. This is Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, it was built in 1883 and it went
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Jack London was born in San Francisco. He was deserted by

his father, "Professor" William Henry Chaney, an itinerant astrologer, and raised in Oakland by his mother Flora Wellman, a music teacher and spiritualist. London's stepfather John London, whose surname he took, was a failed storekeeper.

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London's youth was marked by poverty. At the age of

ten he became an avid reader, and borrowed books from the Oakland Public Library, where Ina Coolbirth recommended him the works of Flaubert, Tolstoy and other major novelists.

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After leaving school at the age of 14, London worked as

a seaman, rode in freight trains as a hobo and adopted socialistic views as a member of the protest armies of the unemployed. In 1894 he was arrested in Niagara Falls and jailed for vagrancy.

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These years made him determined to raise himself out of poverty

but they also gave later material for such works as The Sea-Wolf (1904), which was partly based on his horrific experiences as a sailor in the Pacific Ocean.

Writing The sea Wolf

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Without having much formal education, London spent much time in public

libraries reading fiction, philosophy, poetry, political science, and at the age of 19 gained admittance to the University of California in Berkeley. During this period he had already started to write.

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London left the school before the year was over and went

to seek his fortune in the Klondike gold rush of 1897. His attempt was unsuccessful. London spent the winter near Dawson City, suffering from scurvy. In the spring he returned to San Francisco with his notebook full of plans for stories.

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For the remainder of 1898 London again tried to earn his

living by writing. His early stories appeared in the Overland Monthly and Atlantic Monthly. In 1900 he married Elisabeth (Bess) Maddern; their home became a battle field between Bess and London's mother Flora. Three years later he left her and their two daughters, eventually to marry Charmian Kittredge, an editor and outdoorswoman. The marriage lasted until London's death. Charmian became the model of London's women characters, such as Paula in The Little Lady of the Big House (1916).

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London's first novel, The Son of the Wolf, appeared in 1900.

By 1904 Jack London was the author of 10 books. The Son of the Wolf gained a wide audience as did his other Alaska stories, The Call of the Wild (1903), White Fang (1906), and Burning Daylight (1910).

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Jack London’s Cottage

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This is Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, it was built

in 1883 and it went through the 1906 earth quake. The floors inside are slanted from the quake and the walls hold history about Jack London. The building was built with timbers from a old whaling ship. You may want to take a break here and have a beer inside.