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...
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American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and mov...
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"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...
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While historians of American literature have routinely placed Jack London among the Naturalists, there are among his enormous output a number of works that belie such classification. Three of the nove...
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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...
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"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: ...
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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 ...
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Catcher Ryan Jorgensen's first grand slam helped 29-year-old Tom Shearn win his long-awaited major league debut Sunday, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Florida Marlins 9-3 for their sixth straight...
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Pedro Feliz hit a tying homer during a five-run sixth inning, rallying the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over Aaron Harang and the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.Daniel Ortmeier doubled and sing...
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday its group net loss for
the 2007 business year to March may expand to 155 billion yen from an
earlier ...
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Toyota's global production last year surged 10 percent to more than 9 million vehicles, narrowing the gap with General Motors, the world's No. 1 automaker.Toyota Motor Corp., riding on its reputati...
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There's money in those pinstripes. The New York Yankees' value increased 17 percent in the past year to $1.2 billion, Forbes magazine said Thursday in its annual estimates of franchise worth.The Fl...
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Bill Hall broke out of a slump with his first career grand slam Monday night, a seventh-inning shot that powered the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.Hall was in a 1-for...
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Carlos Beltran homered twice for the second straight game, leading the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory over the free-falling Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.Paul Lo Duca and David Wright also con...
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Brazilian Bare and strike partner Ryuji Bando both scored twice
as Gamba Osaka got their faltering title bid back on track in
emphatic fashion with a 5-1 demolition of Kashima Antlers on
Wed...
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Jorgensen's slam sends Reds over Marlins
