John Griffith London, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. Born in 1876 and dying in 1916, he wrote adventure and social fiction, including The Iron Heel. He was part of the radical literary group The Crowd in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon.
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was an American novelist, journalist and activist
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John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876
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November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international
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