Nelson, Louise

About The Author John Griffith "Jack" London (1876-1916) was an American author and journalist was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction. Some of his most famous short stories include "To Build a Fire," "An Odyssey of the North," and "Love of Life." He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen," and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these to...