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Best known for his Alaska-based adventures, one involving dogs, he spent lots of time in Hawaii before his death in 1916 |
London
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2024-09-27 |
#9170 |
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A book by him says, "From the forest came the call… distinct and definite as never before--a long-drawn howl" |
Jack London
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FJ |
AMERICAN LIT |
2020-12-09 |
#8298 |
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This Jack of many trades sought fortune in the 1897 Klondike gold rush & used the experience in his books |
Jack London
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$800 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2017-10-27 |
#7620 |
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In 1913, just days before he was to move into his "Wolf House" in northern Calif., the house was destroyed by a fire |
Jack London
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$1,600 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2012-04-27 |
#6365 |
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In 1900 the Atlantic Monthly published his story "An Odyssey of the North", his literary breakthrough |
Jack London
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FJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
2008-07-08 |
#5502 |
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Some of his stories of the Yukon were published in the 1910 collection "Lost Face" |
Jack London
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1999-09-24 |
#3460 |
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This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers |
Jack London
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$400 |
J |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1998-04-02 |
#3139 |
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In 1900 he published his first collection of stories, "The Son of the Wolf" |
Jack London
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FJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1997-11-03 |
#3031 |
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This first American writer to earn $1 million received only $2,000 for a 1903 novel set in the Klondike |
Jack London
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FJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1996-02-19 |
#2646 |
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In 1905 this author of "The Sea Wolf" ran for mayor of Oakland, California |
Jack London
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1993-09-20 |
#2076 |
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He went to the Klondike in 1897 & wrote magazine stories later collected in "The Son of the Wolf" |
Jack London
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1990-04-26 |
#1314 |
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His trip to the Arctic on a seal hunting ship provided background for "The Sea Wolf" |
Jack London
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN LITERATURE |
1989-02-09 |
#1029 |
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Adventuresome as his novels, he spent freely sailing the South Seas & building his home, "Wolf House" |
Jack London
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$400 |
DJ |
AMERICAN AUTHORS |
1988-06-24 |
#895 |