1. “…first millionaire writer in history…”
Jack London
“…first millionaire writer in history…”

2. Publishing History Published fifty books from 1900-1916
Only twenty-one are still in print.
1903

3. Motto “Live life to the fullest!” Explain…
“firsthand experience was the only basis for art.”

4. His Many Hats Sailor Laborer Oyster pirate Fish and game warden Tramp
Gold prospector
Soapbox orator
War correspondent
Rancher
Bohemian
More!

5. His Times Post-Victorian Pre-Modernist
Between the Spanish-American War and World War I

6. London’s Literary Beginnings
With help of local librarian, he began to read…
= a Great Discovery!
He found his mind…literally!

7. London’s Literary Beginnings…continued
1897 ~ joined the gold rush to Klondike
Determined to tell others what he had seen, heard, and lived.
Image of Jack London's cabin as moved, and reconstructed, in Dawson City, Yukon (2001)
Jack London in the Klondike

8. London’s Family

9. London’s Family London and daughter Joan ~ 1902
Daughters Becky and Joan ~ 1913

10. London’s Family

11. I would rather be ashes than dust
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them, I shall use my time." – Jack London

13. References
The Collected Jack London Barnes and Noble Books.