Jack London Summary

London, Jack (1876-916) 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.... Read more

Biography EssayJack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-m... Read more

"I wanted to be where the winds of adventure blew," Jack London once wrote of his decision to take to the seas as an oyster pirate at the age of fifteen. "There was vastly more romance in being an oys... Read more

Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire... Read more

Jack London was a native Californian who achieved worldwide acclaim as a powerful storyteller, a legendary public figure, and America's most commercially successful writer. Joseph Conrad acknowledged ... Read more

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. Two problems arise from ... Read more

Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 and died on November 22, 1916.  London was a short-story writer and a novelist.  All of his work was based on struggles for survival.  These str... Read more

The famous Swiss author Max Frisch once wrote, "We live technologically, with man as the master of nature, man as the engineer, and let anyone who raises his voice against it stop using bridges not bu... Read more