Jack London
Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney, was a novelist, an essayist, and a social activist. He is known for his romanticized depictions of adventure and his works centered on nature. His 1903 novel, The Call of the Wild, remains one of his most widely read works.
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The Scab
“Such is the tangle of conflicting interests in a tooth-and-nail society that people cannot avoid being scabs, are often made so against their desires, and unconsciously.”
Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty The Gold-Hunters of the North
“No Christian martyr ever possessed greater faith than did the pioneers of Alaska. … They could not leave. They ‘knew’ the gold was there, and they persisted. Somehow, the romance of the land and the quest entered into their blood, the spell of it gripped hold of them and would not let them go.”
An Odyssey of the North
“Where did he come from? And what was he doing there? And why did he come from there? Another mystery of the north, Prince, for you to solve.”
Sally Deng
