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Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
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Birth: | 12th January, 1876 |
Death: | 22nd November, 1916 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
John Griffith "Jack" London was born in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an American novelist, journalist, short story writer and social activist. He wrote several novels include: A Daughter of the Snows, The Cruise of the Dazzler, The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, The Game, White Fang, Before Adam, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden, Burning Daylight, Adventure, Adventure, A Son of the Sun, The Abysmal Brute, The Valley of the Moon, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, The Star Rover, The Little Lady of the Big House, Jerry of the Islands, and Hearts of Three. His Short story collections include: Lost Face and South Sea Tales. He wrote several short stories include: The White Silence, A Thousand Deaths, The Law of Life, Moon-Face, The Leopard Man's Story, The South of the Slot, The Dream of Debs, A Piece of Steak, The Mexican, The Heathen, To Build a Fire, and The Red One. He wrote other books include: The Road(memoir) and John Barleycorn(autobiographical novel).
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