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Jack London (1876-1916) lived a life rather like one of his adventure stories. Originally named John Chaney, he was the son of a traveling Irish-American fortune-teller and Flora Wellman, the outcast of a rich family. By the time Jack was a year old, his mother had married a grocer called John London and settled into a life of poverty in Pennsylvania. As Jack grew up he managed to escape from his grim surroundings into books borrowed from the local library, where the librarian guided his reading.

At fifteen, Jack left home and began traveling around North America as a tramp. He was once sent to prison for thirty days on a charge of vagrancy and at nineteen he could drink and curse as well as any boatman in California! He never lost his love of reading, though, and eventually returned to education, even gaining entry into the University of California. He soon moved on and joined the gold rush in 1896 to the Klondyke in northwest Canada. He returned without gold but with a story in his head that became his huge best-seller The Call of the Wild. By 1913, he was the highest-paid and most widely read writer in the world. He spent all his money on friends, on drink, and on building himself a magnificent house, which was destroyed by fire before it was even finished. Financial difficulties led to more pressure than he could cope with and in 1916, at the age of forty, Jack London committed suicide.

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	Black Beauty / Call of the Wild by Anna Sewell, Jack London, illustrated by E. Raymond Kintsler from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Call of the Wild Children's Classics by Jack London, illustrated by Paul Bransom from Dilithium Press, Ltd. Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild Portland House Illustrated Classics by Jack London, illustrated by Paul Bransom from Portland House for 6th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild Macmillan Classics by Jack London, illustrated by Karel Kezer from Macmillan Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Call of the Wild by Jack London, Michael Clay Thompson from Royal Fireworks Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts (Location: GRA-MCT) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Call of the Wild Whole Story Series by Jack London, illustrated by Philippe Munch from Viking Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild Puffin Classics by Jack London 2008^th edition from Puffin Books Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $6.79
	Call of the Wild Dover Thrift Editions by Jack London from Dover Publications Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $2.55 $1.60 (2 in stock)
	Call of the Wild by Jack London, illustrated by Wendell Minor 1^st edition from Aladdin Paperbacks for 6th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild by Jack London from Heritage Press for 7th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Call of the Wild G&D Famous Dog Stories by Jack London from Grosset & Dunlap for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Call of the Wild & White Fang Reader's Digest World's Best Reading by Jack London Unknown from Reader's Digest Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Call of the Wild & White Fang Sterling Classics by Jack London, illustrated by Scott McKowen Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co. Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Sterling Classics (Location: FIC-STE) $8.46
	Call of the Wild & White Fang - Comprehension Guide by Ned Bustard from Veritas Press for 6th-9th grade in Veritas Press Literature Guides (Location: LITSG-VP) $19.00
	Call of the Wild - Study Guide by Lisa Tiffin from Progeny Press Literature Guide for 8th-12th grade in Progeny Press Literature Guides (Location: LIT-SGPP) $24.99
	Call of the Wild and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Call of the Wild and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami 1981 Printing from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Call of the Wild and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Jack London, illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Animal Stories for 7th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Cruise of the Dazzler Dover Evergreen Classics by Jack London from Dover Publications for 7th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $5.09
	ECL: Call of the Wild Educator Classic Library #11 by Jack London, illustrated by Ron King Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	ECL: White Fang by Jack London, illustrated by Dick Cole for 3rd-8th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	Five Great Short Stories Dover Thrift Editions by Jack London from Dover Publications for 6th-9th Grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $3.40 $2.00 (2 in stock)
	Sea Wolf Reader's Digest World's Best Reading by Jack London from Reader's Digest Naturalism for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
	Sea Wolf Signet Classics by Jack London from Bantam Books Nautical Fiction for 8th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Sea Wolf by Jack London, illustrated by Fletcher Martin from Easton Press Naturalism for 10th-Adult in Leather Bound Collectible Books (Location: VIN-LEA) $35.00 (1 in stock)
	White Fang G&D Famous Dog Stories by Jack London from Grosset & Dunlap Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	White Fang Scribner Illustrated Classics by Jack London & Ed Young Unabridged from Atheneum Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Scribner Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SCRIB) $25.49
	White Fang Thrushwood Book by Jack London from Grosset & Dunlap Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	White Fang Whole Story Series by Jack London from Viking Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	White Fang Puffin Classics by Jack London from Puffin Books Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF) $6.79
	White Fang Dover Thrift Editions by Jack London from Dover Publications Action/Adventure for 10th-Adult in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $5.10 $2.40 (1 in stock)
	White Fang by Jack London, illustrated by Helen Ward from Templar Books Action/Adventure for 5th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Works of Jack London Illustrated Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf, and 40 Short Stories by Jack London from Avenel Books in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)

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