 Jack London & the Klondike Gold Rush. Jack London  Childhood origins  Comes from childhood of abuse and neglect  Mother abandoned while pregnant.

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 Jack London & the Klondike Gold Rush

Jack London  Childhood origins  Comes from childhood of abuse and neglect  Mother abandoned while pregnant with him  New father adopts him, but it’s not happy  He spends all his time with the black neighbors in S. F.  Jobs  Went to sea, became an alcoholic, socialist,  Went to Alaska for their gold rush in 1897

Klondike Gold

Thousands Came Looking

London’s Career  Was considered too “popular” and said he wrote only for money, but was very disciplined about his craft.  Wrote 18 novels, 198 stories, plays & tons of non-fiction.  He’s pretty mixed up about race, but good at what he does

Literary Craft Incredibly precise physical detail:  Cold of space (1052 bottom)  Lighting a match (1054)

Naturalism in London  People versus animals  Man is unimaginative (1048)  Dog has more response to the cold (bottom 1049)  What allows the dog to survive and not the man?  Is this biological or scientific determinism?