John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".
London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, and socialism. He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
London died November 22, 1916, in a sleeping porch in a cottage on his ranch. London's ashes were buried on his property not far from the Wolf House. The grave is marked by a mossy boulder. The buildings and property were later preserved as Jack London State Historic Park, in Glen Ellen, California.
Novels
The Call of the Wild
White Fang
The Iron Heel
Short stories
An Odyssey of the North
To Build a Fire
All Gold Canyon
The Law of Life
To the Man on the Trail
Love of Life
The Son of the Wolf
The God of His Fathers
Where the Trail Forks
The Pearls of Parlay
The Heathen
The Master of Mystery
Poetry
A Heart
Abalone Song
And Some Night
Ballade of the False Lover
Cupid's Deal
Daybreak
Effusion
George Sterling
Gold
He Chortled with Glee
He Never Tried Again
His Trip to Hades
Homeland
Hors de Saison
If I Were God
In a Year
In and Out
Je Vis en Espoir
Memory
Moods
My Confession
My Little Palmist
Of Man of the Future
Oh You Everybody's Girl (19)
On the Face of the Earth You are the One
Rainbows End
Republican Rallying Song
Sonnet
The Gift of God
The Klondyker's Dream
The Lover's Liturgy
The Mammon Worshippers
The Republican Battle-Hymn
The Return of Ulysses
The Sea Sprite and the Shooting Star
The Socialist's Dream
The Song of the Flames
The Way of War
The Worker and the Tramp
Tick! Tick! Tick!
Too Late
Weasel Thieves
When All the World Shouted my Name
Where the Rainbow Fell
Your Kiss
