History Creator / JackLondon

-->--'''Preface to an edition of ''Literature/CallOfTheWild'''''

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Tropes Appearing in Jack London's other works:

London's best known works include:

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a socialist. When he was 21 he went to the Yukon Territory to prospect for gold during the Klondike Gold Rush; this served as inspiration for some of his most famous works, such as "To Build a Fire" and ''The Call of the Wild''. He also worked as a journalist, penning a memorable [[http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html eyewitness account]] of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Despite what you know about him from school readings, Jack London also wrote a great deal of ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}} short stories and novels throughout his life which are not well known but highly regarded by those who have read it.
London died of kidney failure, with morphine addiction and severe alcoholism as contributory causes, in 1916. He was an extremely prolific author, releasing dozens and dozens of novels, stories, short story collections, and poems over a 20-year career.

-->"Jack London's greatest adventure was his own life story."
-->--'''Preface to an edition of ''CallOfTheWild'''''

-->--"Jack London's greatest adventure was his own life story."

* ''Literature/The Iron Heel'' (1908, novel), a dystopia work which documents the rise of fascism in the United States.

* ''The Iron Heel'' (1908, novel), a dystopia work which documents the rise of fascism in the United States.

* ''Literature/ToBuildAFire'' (1902, short story)

* {{Invisibility}}: The two rivals in "The Shadow and the Flash" find different ways to turn to do this but with this same result.

* RamblingOldManMonologue: How the old man in "The Scarlet Plague" relates the story of the destruction of civilization.

Despite what you've had to read from him in school, Jack London also wrote a great deal of ScienceFiction and {{Fantasy}} short stories and novels throughout his life which are not well known but highly regarded by those who have read it.

* Invisibility: The two rivals in "The Shadow and the Flash" find different ways to turn to do this but with this same result.

* FictionalColor: One of the competing students turns himself invisible by discovering a color that is so dark it can't be seen by the human eye.
* FountainOfYouth: In "The Rejuvenation of Major Rathbone"
* InvisibleStreaker: The two rivals in "The Shadow and the Flash" find different ways to turn themselves invisible but with this same result.

* AlchemyIsMagic: In "The Rejuvenation Of Major Rathbone"

Despite what you've had to read from him in school, Jack London also wrote a great deal of ScienceFiction throughout his life which is not well known but highly regarded by those who have read it.

Tropes Appearing in Jack London's other work:

* InvisibleStreaker: The two rivals in "The Shadow and the Flash" find different ways to turn themselves but with this same result.

* Fictional Color: One of the competing students turns himself invisible by discovering a color that is so dark it can't be seen by the human eye.

* AfterTheEnd:

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* "Literature/ToBuildAFire" (1902, short story)

* "Literature/ToBuildAFire" (1902, short story)

* ''To Build a Fire'' (1902, short story)

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American author best known for his adventure novels and short stories. He was also one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. Twice (in 1901 and 1905) he ran for mayor of Oakland, CA, as a socialist.

* ''WhiteFang'' (1906, novel)

* ''TheSeaWolf'' (1904, novel)

* ''TheCallOfTheWild'' (1903, novel)

* ''The Iron Heel'' (1907, novel), a dystopia work which documents the rise of fascism in the United States.

* ''The Sea-Wolf'' (1904, novel)