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Jack London

Jack London (1876–1916) wrote as if survival itself were a form of literature. Born in San Francisco, he worked as a sailor, oyster pirate, and Klondike prospector before becoming one of America's first celebrity novelists — a man who earned a fortune from magazines and never stopped arguing about class, nature, and power. The Call of the Wild and White Fang made the wilderness think: dogs with inner lives, men reduced to hunger and will. London's socialism, his exposés of poverty, and his restless travel all feed the same current — adventure as moral test, not holiday. His prose is lean, physical, and unforgettable: cold that bites, and characters who bite back.

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