The Call of the Wild作者：Jack London

    jacklondonwasbornonjanuary12,1876,insanfrancisco,california,asjohngriffithchaney.hismother,florawellman,wasateacherandspiritualist,andhisfather,willianleftthemnotlongafter,andjacktookhisstepfatherslastname,london.thefamilymovedtooaklandand,bythetimehewasten,londonwasanavidreader,checkingbooksoutofthepubliclibrary.londonleftschoolatagethirteentoworkanumberofoddjobs-asacanneryworker,sailor,oysterpirate,andfishpatroller.in1893,unemloyedworkersmarchedinprotestagainsttheeconormiccrisis,andlondon,ageseventeen,joinedthem.arrestedforvagerancy,hespentamonthinjail.whenhewasreleased,heresolvedtogethiseducation.heearnedhishighschoolequivalencydegreeinayearandenrolledintheuniver-sityofcaliforniaatberkeley,wherehereadvoraciously.londonembracedthewroksofdarwin,nietzsche,andmarxandbecameasocialist.in1897,hedroppedouttojointhegoldrushintheklondikeregionofalaskaandcanada.jacklondonwasbornonjanuary12,1876,insanfrancisco,california,asjohngriffithchaney.hismother,florawellman,wasateacherandspiritualist,andhisfather,willianleftthemnotlongafter,andjacktookhisstepfatherslastname,london.thefamilymovedtooaklandand,bythetimehewasten,londonwasanavidreader,checkingbooksoutofthepubliclibrary.londonleftschoolatagethirteentoworkanumberofoddjobs-asacanneryworker,sailor,oysterpirate,andfishpatroller.in1893,unemloyedworkersmarchedinprotestagainsttheeconormiccrisis,andlondon,ageseventeen,joinedthem.arrestedforvagerancy,hespentamonthinjail.whenhewasreleased,heresolvedtogethiseducation.heearnedhishighschoolequivalencydegreeinayearandenrolledintheuniver-sityofcaliforniaatberkeley,wherehereadvoraciously.londonembracedthewroksofdarwin,nietzsche,andmarxandbecameasocialist.in1897,hedroppedouttojointhegoldrushintheklondikeregionofalaskaandcanada.