Jack London

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born

in San Francisco, California, The United States

January 12, 1876

died

November 22, 1916

gender

male

website

http://www.jacklondons.net/index.html

genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rudya ...more

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Jack London was an American novelist and short-story writer whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. At his peak, he was the highest paid and the most popular of all living writers. Because of early financial difficulties, he was largely self educated past grammar school.

London draws heavily on his life experiences in his writing. He spent time in the Klondike during the Gold Rush and at various times was an oyster pirate, a seaman, a sealer, and a hobo. His first work was published in 1898. From there he went on to write such American classics as Call of the Wild, Sea Wolf, and White Fang.

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Jack London's Books

Average rating: 3.82 · 230,265 ratings · 7,159 reviews · 587 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Call of the Wild 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 110,638 ratings — published 1903 — 473 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Fang 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 49,125 ratings — published 1906 — 460 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Call of the Wild/White Fang 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 27,469 ratings — published 1903 — 82 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea Wolf 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 7,961 ratings — published 1904 — 209 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7,370 ratings — published 1906 — 35 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Martin Eden by Jack London, Andrew Sinclair (Introduction) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 4,453 ratings — published 1909 — 130 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Build A Fire 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 4,508 ratings — published 1908 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Build a Fire and Other Stories 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,913 ratings — published 1908 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iron Heel by Jack London, Matt Soar (Narrator) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,836 ratings — published 1907 — 112 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Star Rover by Jack London, Lorenzo Carcaterra (Introduction) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 1913 — 78 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jack London

Džeks Londons. Kopoti raksti (2 books)
by Jack London, Džeks Londons, Valija Brutāne, Rūta Ezeriņa, Ojārs Sarma (Translators)
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings

Quotes by Jack London

“I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.”
― Jack London, The Turtles of Tasman

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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London

tags: inspiration, on-writing, writing

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“He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.”
― Jack London, The Call of the Wild

tags: joy, life, nature

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What frequently challenged or banned children's or young adult book should we read in September?

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

24 votes 23.8%

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

22 votes 21.8%

The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff

13 votes 12.9%

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

12 votes 11.9%

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

11 votes 10.9%

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson

8 votes 7.9%

Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block

4 votes 4.0%

Memoirs of a Bookbat by Kathryn Lasky

3 votes 3.0%

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

2 votes 2.0%

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

2 votes 2.0%

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