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CALL OF THE WILD

CALL OF THE WILD. By Jack London. Jack London. 1876-1916 American author, journalist, and social activist Passionate about unionization, socialism, the rights of workers Wrote a dystopian novel, The Iron Heel. Family Life. Parents weren’t legally married, but lived the “married” life

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CALL OF THE WILD

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  1. CALL OF THE WILD By Jack London

  2. Jack London • 1876-1916 • American author, journalist, and social activist • Passionate about unionization, socialism, the rights of workers • Wrote a dystopian novel, The Iron Heel

  3. Family Life • Parents weren’t legally married, but lived the “married” life • London’s mother thought London’s father was possessed by an Indian chief when she got pregnant • Father wanted mother to have an abortion • Mother shot herself, but missed • Mother had baby, but gave him to slave to raise for the first year of his life

  4. Childhood • Mother married Civil War veteran, John London • The new family of three moved to San Francisco and then to Oakland • London at the age of nine with dog, Rollo

  5. Gold Rush and First Success • Joined in the Klondike Rush • Trip turned out to be detrimental for London • London got scurvy, which caused him to lose his four front teeth, facial scars, and pain in his hips and legs.

  6. Marriages • Married Bessie and had two children, Joan and Becky • After four years, the marriage was dissolved • His next marriage was to Charmain Kittredge, who was a nymphomaniac • London was a cheater!

  7. Beauty Ranch • Beauty Ranch was London’s dream • Spent $80,000 ($1,930,000 nowadays) to build his dream home • The house he named “Wolf House” was 15,000 sq. ft. • Two weeks before his dream home was done, it burnt down • It is now a National Landmark called Jack London State Historic Park

  8. Plagiarism • Call of the Wild  My Dogs in the Northland • London wrote author a letter thanking him for the idea • Moon Face  The Passing of the Cock-Eye Blacklock • Based on the same newspaper event • Love of Life  Lost in the Land of the Midnight Sun • New York World published both stories side by side, showing how similar they were to each other • The Bishop’s Vision  The Bishop of London & Public Morality • The author of TBOLPM demanded that London pay him 1/60th of the royalties he received (London said no)

  9. Death of London • Some say that he committed suicide by drug overdose (morphine) • His death certificate sites uremia as the cause of death • Died on a sleeping porch on his cottage on Beauty Ranch • Buried with his second wife

  10. The Beginnings of COTW • On January 26, 1903, London submitted COTW to Saturday Evening Post • SEP agreed to publish it, but London was instructed to cut the text by 5000 words and name his price • He agreed to cut the text and wanted 3¢ a word, which was $750 • Macmillian, a publishing company, bought the text for $2000

  11. COTW History • Begins on an estate in Santa Clara Valley • The setting of the story is based off the Bond Family Farm, where he spent much time • Buck, the protagonist, is based off a St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix dog that the Bond brothers lent to London • COTW is a story about Buck’s fight to survive

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