Jack London

Jack London (1876–1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist who lived more lives in forty years than most manage in eighty. Born into poverty in San Francisco, he was largely self-educated, devouring books at the Oakland Public Library while working brutal manual labor jobs. He sailed as an oyster pirate, rode freight trains as a hobo, prospected for gold in the Klondike, and covered the Russo-Japanese War as a correspondent before becoming the highest-paid and most widely read author in America. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Call of the Wild.