Jack London
(1876-1916)
Jack London is the Rudyard Kipling of America. Born in poverty, he led an adventurous life as vagrant, oyster-pirate, and sailor, before heading north during the Klondike Gold Rush of '98. Although he found no gold, he came back with a wealth of experience. He began writing numerous short stories, and soon left his postal job to become a full-time writer. Following the success of his first books he traveled extensively, and was married twice in a three-year period. In 1905, he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, on a socialist ticket, but received only 981 votes. He made tons of money, and spent it lavishly and recklessly. One of his pet projects was an ornate castle, which caught fire before its construction was completed. He turned out a massive quantity of fiction, but his best work undoubtedly hails from the 1900-1907 period. Overwork, financial troubles, and heavy drinking deteriorated his later output, and in 1916 he died of kidney poisoning-- although some have claimed it was suicide. The critical reaction to his works has always been very mixed. He certainly was a great story-teller, although some have doubted the reliability of his facts. In a 1907 article in Everybody's Magazine, Teddy Roosevelt took him to task for his "unrealistic" portrayals of nature.
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Bibliography:
2377 The
Son Of The Wolf [s|1900]
1655,& The
God Of His Fathers.. [s|1901]
10736,& Children
Of The Frost [s|1902]
11051 The
Cruise Of The 'Dazzler' [f|1902]
14654 A
Daughter Of The Snows [f|1902]
The Kempton-Wace Letters (w Anna STRUMSKY) [f|1903]
215,DQWXThe
Call Of The Wild [f|1903]
1688 The
People Of The Abyss [f|1903]
1074,DQ The
Sea-Wolf [f|1904]
1096 The
Faith Of Men.. [s|1904]
1187 The
War Of The Classes [n|1905]
911 Tales
Of The Fish Patrol [s|1905]
London [a|1905]
1160 The
Game [f|1905]
910,DQX White
Fang [f|1906]
1089 Moon-Face..
[s|1906]
Scorn Of Woman [d|1906]
710 Love
Of Life.. [s|1907]
310 Before
Adam [f|1907]
14658,& The
Road [a|1907]
1164,G The
Iron Heel [f|1907]
1056,D Martin
Eden [f|1909]
4953,& Revolution..
[e|1909]
746 Burning
Daylight [f|1910]
2429,& Lost
Face [s|1910]
Theft [d|1910]
2545,& When
God Laughs.. [s|1911]
2512 The
Cruise Of The Snark [1911]
1208,& South
Sea Tales [s|1911]
1163 Adventures
[1911]
The Strength Of The Strong [f|1911]
2416,& The
House Of Pride.. [s|1912]
A Son Of The Sun [s|1912]
5735 Smoke
Bellew (aka: Smoke And Shorty) [1912]
1029 The
Night-Born And Also.. [s|1913]
The Abysmal Brute [1913]
318 John
Barleycorn [1913]
1449,& The
Valley Of The Moon [1913]
London By Himself [a|1913]
2415 The
Mutiny Of The Elsinore [1914]
1075 The
Strength Of The Strong [s|1914]
# The
Scarlet Plague [1915]
1162 The
Star-Rover (UK: The Jacket) [f|1915]
6455 The
Little Lady Of The Big House [1916]
16257 The
Turtles Of Tasman [s|1916]
'What Life Means To Me' [a|1916]
The Acorn Planters [d|1916]
1669,& The
Human Drift [s|1917]
1161 Jerry
Of The Islands [1917]
1730,& Michael,
Brother Of Jerry [1917]
Hearts Of Three [1918]
788 The
Red One [s|1918]
2152 On
The Makaloa Mat (aka: Island Tales) [s|1919]
12336 Brown
Wolf.. (ed F K MATHIEWS) [s|1920]
14449,& Dutch
Courage.. [s|1922]
18062 Stories
Of Ships And The Sea (ed E HALDEMAN-JULIUS) [s|1922]
London's Essays Of Revolt (ed Leonard D ABBOTT) [e|1926]
The Assassination Bureau Ltd (w Robert L FISH) [1963]
P Selected
Klondike Short Stories [s|1899-1910]
P Selected
Stories [s|1911-18]
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