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Line 1: − [[Image:Jack London.jpg|thumb|right|Jack London]]+ + + + + + + + + + + − He had a traumatic early life, two troubled [[marriage]]s, and a [[death]], possibly due to [[suicide]], shrouded in mystery. After engaging in "oyster pirating," becoming a tramp, and getting a grueling, low-paying job, he went to the [[University of California at Berkeley]] in 1896, only to stay a year and fail to graduate. He joined the Klondike [[Gold Rush]] in 1897, during which he developed Scurvy. However, some of his best known and most successful stories, such as the ''[[Call of the Wild]]'' and ''White Fang'', were based on his Gold Rush experiences.+
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jack London
| image = Jack London.jpg
| birth_date = January 12, 1876
| birth_place = San Francisco, California
| death_date = November 22, 1916
| death_place = Glen Ellen, California
| nationality = American
| spouse = Elizabeth Bessie Maddern,<br /> Charmian Kittrege
| religion =
}}
'''Jack London''' (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was a famous American writer, journalist and novelist of the early 20th century.
'''Jack London''' (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was a famous American writer, journalist and novelist of the early 20th century.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Born John Griffith Chaney, he had a traumatic early life, and two troubled [[marriage]]s. His [[death]], possibly due to [[suicide]], is shrouded in mystery. After engaging in "oyster pirating," becoming a tramp, and getting a grueling, low-paying job, he went to the [[University of California at Berkeley]] in 1896, only to stay a year and fail to graduate. He joined the Klondike [[Gold Rush]] in 1897, during which he developed Scurvy. However, some of his best known and most successful stories, such as the ''[[Call of the Wild]]'' and ''White Fang'', were based on his Gold Rush experiences.
London became a [[socialist]], and his ''political'' leanings are revealed in some of his writing, especially the less-known ''[[The Iron Heel]]'', an early pro-socialist [[dystopian]] [[novel]]. In 1905, he was among the founding members of the [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]].
London became a [[socialist]], and his ''political'' leanings are revealed in some of his writing, especially the less-known ''[[The Iron Heel]]'', an early pro-socialist [[dystopian]] [[novel]]. In 1905, he was among the founding members of the [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]].