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Open LibraryAbout this book
"The Road" is an autobiographical memoir presenting stories from the time that Jack London spent as a hobo in the late 19th century.
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American AuthorsBiographyClassic LiteratureFictionPrisonersRailroad travel
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United States20th century
About the author
Jack London
12 January 1876 – 22 November 1916
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include *The Call of the Wild* and *White Fang*, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen". …
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