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What Life Means to Me Part I

Explore the life and works of Jack London, a pioneering American writer known for his realistic and naturalistic tales of survival and primal struggles. Learn about his impact on literature and society.

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What Life Means to Me Part I

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  1. Unit Eleven What Life Means to Me Part I Background Information

  2. 01 04 03 02 CONTENTS Jack London Seaside Library California Sacramento River

  3. Part1 Jack London

  4. 1. Jack London BornJanuary 12, 1876 (1876-01-12) San Francisco, California United States Died November 22, 1916 (1916-11-22) (aged 40) Glen Ellen, California, United States Occupation Novelist, journalist, short story writer and essayist Literary movement Realism and Naturalism Signature

  5. Jack London White Fang (1906) • The Sea-Wolf (1904) • The Call of the Wild (1903) His life symbolized the power of will. He was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. His vigorous stories of men and animals against the environment, and survival against hardships were drawn mainly from his own experience.

  6. Theme of Jack London’s Works Class Warfare Primitive Violence Mechanistic Determinism Anglo-Saxon Supremacy Biological Evolution

  7. Part2 Seaside Library

  8. 2. Seaside Library Seaside Library is one of the most successful New York publishers of cheap pirated reprints. It was run by George Munro, who sent Collins payment for some stories, and in 1886 Collins considered offering him the novel The Guilty River. The Seaside Library was usually issued three times a week then, mainly at ten or twenty cents.

  9. Part3 California

  10. 3. California Geographical location California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States.

  11. Multiculture California is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in America.

  12. Economy

  13. Major cities Sacramento Los Angeles San Francisco

  14. Part4 Sacramento River

  15. 4. Sacramento River California's longest river that rises in its northern area and flows generally southwest to enter the tidal reaches of Suisun Bay . It has the distance of 382 miles.

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