VOALaura Martindale
When he was twenty-one, he went to search for gold in Alaska and Canada. HHe also worked as a laborer, a factory worker and an oyster fisherman. He even spent some time traveling around America on freight trains.
Jack London remembered all these trips and jobs when he began writing professionally. Some of his most famous books are “The Call of the Wild”, “White Fang” and “The Sea-Wolf.” His best known short story is “To Build a Fire.” It tells of a man who falls into a stream in the coldest part of Canada. He knows that his life depends on his success in making a fire to warm himself and dry his clothes. Many of Jack London’s books and short stories tell about man’s struggle with nature.
In eighteen ninety-six, Jack London began to speak about and support socialism. He said his views were influenced by the many poor and working class people he had met in his life. Two of his books deal with the ideas of socialism. They are “The Iron Heel” and “The Cruise of the Snark.” The Snark was the name of a boat.
Jack London became rich and famous by publishing many stories and books. He reportedly wrote at least one thousand words every day.
Near the end of his career, Jack London bought a farm and a ranch in Sonoma, California. But his life was cut short by kidney problems. He died at the young age of forty in nineteen sixteen.
You can hear his famous short story “To Build a Fire.” We have a link on our website, voaspecialenglish.com.
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