Library of Congress Jack London and Harry Houdini were ... With the publication of "The Call of the Wild" in 1903, London became one of America’s most popular writers, a status reinforced ...

A literary critic once remarked, "The greatest story Jack London ever ... Most people in America really didn't know anything about those people." London wrote 1,000 words a day, and he almost ...

Over 40 short, dazzling years of life, Jack London proved his genius ... We observe young London haunting the Oakland Public Library and his efforts to emerge as the complete autodidact, presided ...

1886 - London family moves to Oakland after living on farms in San Mateo and Livermore. Jack discovers the Oakland Public Library. 1890-91 - Jack graduates from Cole Grammar School in Oakland and ...

Contrived human culture, Rousseau said, robs us of these innate qualities. Jack London, one of America’s greatest writers and thinkers, brought Hobbes and Rousseau together in the characterization of ...

For years before a single blueprint was drawn, writer Jack London dreamed of his perfect ... It would have a reflection pool, an extensive library, nine fireplaces, wood floors, and all the ...

Is Jack London’s The Call of the Wild a stirring ... he succeeded the assassinated William McKinley, Roosevelt urged America to embrace its “manly and adventurous qualities.” ...

Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian import and America’s most profitable circus ... American animal welfare activists. Written by Jack London shortly before he died, Michael, Brother of Jerry told ...

Speaking to us 100 years after his death, in the era of Nigel Farage and Donald Trump, Jack London’s late novels make a fascinating spectacle of their author’s ‘white fragility’.

Jack London's 1903 The Call of ... Most people in America really didn't know anything about those people." London wrote 1,000 words a day, and he almost never revised what he wrote.