jack london
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Jack London. 1876-1916 Born into a poor family in San Francisco Worked hard since he was 8 Graduated grammar school in Oakland Had a passion for readin. Attended high school for 1 year Passed entrance exams for U of California at Berkley. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
JACK LONDON
1876-1916 Born into a poor
family in San Francisco
Worked hard since he was 8
Graduated grammar school in Oakland
Had a passion for readin
LIFE
Attended high school for 1 year Passed entrance exams for U of California at
Berkley. Studied, wrote, and worked and ended up
dropping out half way through the first year Traveled to the Klondike to prosper for gold
in 1897 Became sick and had to leave but the
experience was an inspiration for his writing
WILDERNESS AND WRITING
First major success, story collection: The Son of the Wolf To build a Fire (most famous short story)
focuses on survival The Call of the Wild (most famous
novel) celebrates the escape to freedom of a sled dog named Buck
SUCCESS AND HARDSHIP
He turned out nearly 50 volumes of essays and fiction
Became a millionaire Married and had 2 daughters
Wife sued him for divorce in 1905 Remarried and moved to Sonoma, CA
Nearly completed mansion burned down Became an alcoholic and suffered kidney disease
and depression Took a lethal dose of narcotics in 1916, fell into a
coma and died