In his writing as in his highly publicized personal life, Jack London provided an overture for the complexities of American society in the early years of the twentieth century. Despite a professional career of less than 20 years, London wrote over 50...

Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22 1916),[1][2][3] was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a...

Alex Kershaw, Jack London: A Life (New York: St. Martin's Press 1997) THE LIFE DESCRIBED in Alex Kershaw's Jack London: A Life would be unbelievable if the book were not a biography of the legendary author. Although not a scholarly monograph, this...

As Trollope said, 'The man of letters is, in truth ever writing his own biography.' This statement is an understatement in relation to Jack London. His short life was intensely lived and informs, even overshadows, the literary production. Given such an eventful life,...

A new tourism map of Monterey County can help you plan a literary pilgrimage to places associated with John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many other writers.The "Scenes For Your Senses Literary & Film Map," produced by the Monterey County Convention...

Outside the Beltway, most people likely have never heard of CACI International Inc., a 45-year-old information technology services company that competes against Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and other defense giants for government contracts.Like its much-larger rivals, CACI has benefited from increased demand for...

In the following essay, Reesman explores the naturalistic nature of Jack London's fiction.

In the following essay, Wilcox assesses the extent of Jack London's literary naturalism through an examination of his The Son of the Wolf and The God of His Fathers.

Provides a brief biography of writer Jack London. Traces his transformation from a gold prospector to one of the most respected writers in American literature. Analyzes London's relationship with nature.

Details about the life of Jack London from birth to death. It reads a bit like an encyclopedia entry.

Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" presents the reader with a vivid depiction of man against nature. Throughout this short story, London examines the man's voyage, difficulties, and successes against nature, as well as nature's own unconscious successes against the man.