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    Jack London's Non-Fiction Six Books
    Jack London's Non-Fiction Six Books
    Jack London's Non-Fiction Six Books
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    Jack London's Non-Fiction Six Books

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    This book-collection file includes:John Barleycorn, The Road, The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, Revolution and Other Essays, and The Cruise of the Snark. According to Wikipedia: "Jack London (12 January, 1876 – 22 November, 1916] was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455391691
    Jack London's Non-Fiction Six Books
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    Jack London

    Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876, and was a prolific and successful writer until his death in 1916. During his lifetime he wrote novels, short stories and essays, and is best known for ‘The Call of the Wild’ and ‘White Fang’.

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