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Jack London
The story of Jack London’s life really is one of rags to riches. He was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876 as John Griffith Chaney. I’d like to take you through the story of his life and examine a few of his significant literary works along the way.

The Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 78 says that “the biographical consensus is that his father was William Henry Chaney, a "Professor of Astrology" with whom his mother, Flora Wellman, was living as a fellow spiritualist and common-law wife in 1875.” (DOLB 78). However it goes on to point out that “Chaney had deserted her in a rage of denial when he learned of her pregnancy” (DOLB 78). In 1876 Flora married John London. John was a Civil War veteran. He was also a widower who had to put his two daughters into an orphanage while he worked. Upon their marriage the Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 212 says that “Flora’s child was renamed John "Jack" Griffith London” (DOLB 212).

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