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Jack London
            1876 - 1916
          The function of man is to live, not to exist.
                  I shall not waste my days
                 in trying to prolong them.
                      I shall use my time.




Made by Reginia Elena
   Donetsk 2012
Jack London’s Family




Flora Wellman, biological mother   John London, stepfather
Jack London’s Early Life
               Jack London studying
                         at
                 Heinold's First and
               Last Chance in 1886
University of California, Berk
          1896 - 1897
Gold Rush and First Succe




             Klondike
First Marriage (1900 - 19




Bessie Maddern London and daughters, Joan (left) and «Becky» (right)
Second Marriage (1905 -




Jack and Charmian London (1911) at the     Charmian Kittredge
old Winery Cottage, their home at Beauty
                 Ranch
Beauty Ranch (1905–
1916)
Death
                    (1916)



Grave of Jack and
Charmian London
Jack London State
Historic Park
Jack London’s
      Bibliography
        Novels (23)
            The most popular:
o The Cruise of the Dazzler (1902)
o The Call of the Wild (1903)          67 Short stories
o The Sea-Wolf (1904)                  21 Short story collections
o White Fang (1906)                    2 Autobiographical memoirs
o Before Adam (1907)                   5 Non-fiction and essays
o Martin Eden (1909)                   3 Plays
o A Son of the Sun (1912)
o The Valley of the Moon (1913)
o The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1914)
o Jerry of the Islands (1917)
o Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917)
o Hearts of Three (1920)

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Jack london

  • 1. Jack London 1876 - 1916 The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Made by Reginia Elena Donetsk 2012
  • 2. Jack London’s Family Flora Wellman, biological mother John London, stepfather
  • 3. Jack London’s Early Life Jack London studying at Heinold's First and Last Chance in 1886
  • 4. University of California, Berk 1896 - 1897
  • 5. Gold Rush and First Succe Klondike
  • 6. First Marriage (1900 - 19 Bessie Maddern London and daughters, Joan (left) and «Becky» (right)
  • 7. Second Marriage (1905 - Jack and Charmian London (1911) at the Charmian Kittredge old Winery Cottage, their home at Beauty Ranch
  • 9. Death (1916) Grave of Jack and Charmian London
  • 11. Jack London’s Bibliography Novels (23) The most popular: o The Cruise of the Dazzler (1902) o The Call of the Wild (1903)  67 Short stories o The Sea-Wolf (1904)  21 Short story collections o White Fang (1906)  2 Autobiographical memoirs o Before Adam (1907)  5 Non-fiction and essays o Martin Eden (1909)  3 Plays o A Son of the Sun (1912) o The Valley of the Moon (1913) o The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1914) o Jerry of the Islands (1917) o Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917) o Hearts of Three (1920)