Jack London

(1876-1916)
Jack London the famous American writer, who reflected the hopes,conflicts, frustrations (розчарування), was born in San Francisco on
January 12 1876. His family moved to Oakland where he wrote in hisautobiographical "John Barleycorn". He had quitted school at 14. He startedworking as his family was very poor. He was a sailor. The experience of asealing cruise formed the basis of his future sea stories. He was a memberof Industrial army later he was arrested for vagrancy (бродяжництво) About the age of 19 he attended Oakland High school for a short time and thenhad a year at the University of California. He got a job because he has nomoney to pay his tuition (навчання). In winter 1897 London joined the goldrush to the Klondike. He didn't find gold but wonderful stories writtenafter returning were based on the life in the North. He had always been anexcellent storyteller. He won the first prize, 25 $. His first book "The Sonof the Wolf "gained a wide audience (завоювати аудиторію). During his shortlife London wrote fifty books his most popular books are: "The God of His
Fathers "," The Call of the Wild "," White Fang "," Martin Eden "," The War of
Classes "and others. He died on November 1916. His books are readeverywhere I think Jack London on of the favourite writer among teenagers.