Jack London1
One is led to believe that if a person is an author, then that person would have the best education that is available to them. However, this is not the case for Jack London. He dropped out of school at the age of fourteen and explored San Francisco, stole oysters, worked for the government, went to Japan, and traveled around the United States by hitching rides on freight trains. This is just a list of the few things he did during the five-year period while he did not attend school. He then returned and finished high school at the age of nineteen to continue onto the University of California at Berkeley, only to quit after one semester. Yet, he is described by Howard Lacchtman, as a "born teller of tales" (Lundberg 1). Flora Wellman gave birth to Jack London on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. Flora Wellman was an unmarried woman who came from a very wealthy background. Jack London's father, an astrologer who was very nomadic, deserted him and his mother when Jack London was born. Jack London received his last name from his stepfather who married his mother late in the year of 1876. John London, Flora Wellman, and Jack London moved to Oakland, California in 1886 where Jack London spent his childhood years.
London died on November 22, 1916 due to an attack of uremia, a severe kidney disease. Through his whole lifetime London wrote over 50 short stories, poems and novels about boxing, cold adventures, and Klondike trails. He lived to see many events go down in history. Lundberg, Murray. "The Life of Jack London as reflected in his Works." n pag. On-line. 13 Sept. 2000. Available WWW: http://articculture.about.com/culture/arcticculture/library/yafeatures/bl-london2htm London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York: I. Wadman & Son, INC., 1979. In 1905, he divorced his wife Elizabeth London and the next day he married Charmian Kittredge. Together they bought a ranch near Glen Ellen in Sonoma Valley where London lived the rest of his life. In 1910, he started to construct a mansion "designed to stand a thousand years" (Port of Oakland), however it burned down in 1913, the day before they were to move in. Later that year, he had an appendectomy and the surgeon told him his kidneys were deteriorating and he would not live for very long. Stasz, Clarice Dr. "John Griffiths London." 15 May 2000: n. pag. On-line. 13 Sept. 2000. Available WWW: http://www.sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/jackbio.html
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