Jack London

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Born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.

He was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and make a good living off writing. He was a pioneer in the field of commercial magazine fiction.

He was also an explorer in the science fiction genre, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire," "An Odyssey of the North," and "Love of Life."

In stories like "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen," he also wrote about the South Pacific. London was a founder of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a vocal promoter of unionization, socioeconomic, eugenics, and labor rights.

Several works on these subjects, including his dystopian book The Iron Heel, his non-fiction book The People of the Abyss, The War of the Classes, and Before Adam, were among his published works dealing with the topics.

Early life

In San Francisco, London was born near Third and Brannan Streets. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the house was destroyed in the fire; the California Historical Society installed a plaque at the site in 1953. Although the family was working class, it was not impoverished as London's later accounts stated. London was largely self-educated. In 1885, London discovered and read Signa, Ouida's long-winded book. This was cited as the source of his literary success. He went to the Oakland Public Library in 1886 and found Ina Coolbrith, a sympathetic librarian who encouraged his study. (She later became California's first poet laureate and a central figure in San Francisco's literary community).

At Hickmott's Cannery in 1889, London began working 12 to 18 hours a day. Seeking a way out, he borrowed money from his foster mother Virginia Prentiss to purchase the sloop Razzle-Dazzle from an oyster pirate named French Frank and became an oyster pirate himself. John Barleycorn's book claims to have stolen Mamie, Franco Frank's mistress. His sloop was beyond repair after a few months. As a member of the California Fish Patrol, London was recruited as a member of the California Fish Patrol.

In The Road, he wrote:

He returned to Oakland and attended Oakland High School after many years as a hobo and a sailor. He contributed several articles to The Aegis, the high school's journal. "Typhoon off the Coast of Japan," his first published work, was an account of his sailing exploits.

As a student, London's First and Last Chance Saloon, a port-side bar in Oakland, hosted many students. He confessed to John Heinold, the bar's owner, that he wanted to attend college and pursue a career as a writer at 17. Heinold lent London tuition money to attend college.

London, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, is eager to attend the University of California. He was accepted in 1896 after a summer of intensive study to pass certification exams. He was forced to leave in 1897 due to financial hardships, but he never graduated. No evidence has been found that he ever wrote for student journals while studying at Berkeley.

While at Berkeley, London continued to study and spend time at Heinold's saloon, where he was introduced to the sailors and explorers whose writing would influence his writing. John Barleycorn, London's autobiographical book, described the pub's likeness seventeen times. Alexander McLean, a captain who is well-known for his cruelty at sea, was visiting Heinold's hometown. In the book The Sea-Wolf, London based his protagonist Wolf Larsen on McLean.

Jack London's Rendezvous in honor of Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon.

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