Person Detail: Jack London

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General Information:
Full Name: Jack London
Biography: (1876-1916) Writer, novelist. London wrote in "The Road" (1907) of his experiences as a drifter coming to Niagara Falls in 1894, being enthralled for hours by the falls, but then (having no money for a hotel room) being arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to a month in the Erie County Penitentiary. "The Call of the Wild (1903)," about a tame dog who eventually leads a wolf pack, is one of the best animal stories ever written. Among his other works are "The Sea-Wolf (1904)," "White Fang (1905)," " Smoke Bellew" (1912). "Martin Eden" (1909) and "Burning Daylight" (1910) are partly autobiographical. "The People of the Abyss" (1903) and "The Iron Heel" (1907) London considered his most important work. "The Cruise of the Snark" (1911) is a vivid account of his interrupted voyage around the world in a ketch-rigged yacht, and "John Barleycorn; or, Alcoholic Memoirs" (1913) is autobiographical. Beset in his later years by alcoholism and financial difficulties, London died at the age of 40.
Author's Timeline:
1894		Erie County London was sentenced to 30 days in the Erie County Penitentiary for vagrancy.
1907		Niagara County London wrote in "The Road" of his experiences as a drifter coming to Niagara Falls in 1894.
1876		(Unknown) County Jack London was born in San Francisco, California in 1876.
1916		(Unknown) County Jack London died in Glen Ellen, California in 1916.
1903		(Unknown) County The Call of the Wild Novel about a tame dog who eventually leads a wolf pack, is one of the best animal stories ever written.
1904		(Unknown) County The Sea-Wolf Novel.
1905		(Unknown) County White Fang Novel.
1912		(Unknown) County Smoke Bellew Short story collection.
1909		(Unknown) County Martin Eden Novel.
1910		(Unknown) County Burning Daylight Novel.
1903		(Unknown) County The People of the Abyss Nonfiction.
1907		(Unknown) County The Iron Heel Novel.
1911		(Unknown) County The Cruise of the Snark Nonfiction, a vivid account of his interrupted voyage around the world in a ketch-rigged yacht.
1913		(Unknown) County John Barleycorn; or, Alcoholic Memoirs Autobiographical.
?		(Unknown) County Jack London was interred in Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California.