- He was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist
| Real name: | John Griffith London | | Born: | 12 January 1876 Comment | | When did Jack London die? / Died | 22 November 1916 | | How many years did Jack London live? / Lived | 40 years | | Where was Jack London born? | San Francisco, California, US | | Where did Jack London die? / Deathplace | Glen Ellen, North Coast, California, US | | Nicknames: | Jack | | Zodiac sign: | Capricorn |
Jack London Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Jack London worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American |
Who was Jack London? / Facts
- A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone
- Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in 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 of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf
- London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers
- He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes
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Quotes
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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