Born On Your Day
Jack London
published by L C Page and Company Boston 1903, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jack London

Creator · born January 12, 1876 · died 1916

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John Griffith London, better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

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  1. ~27Notable work: The Call of the Wild1903
  2. ~28Notable work: The Sea-Wolf1904
  3. 30Notable work: White FangMay 1, 1906
  4. 33Notable work: Martin EdenSeptember 1, 1909

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