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1. London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaneynoun

   United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)

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1. Jack London

   John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and 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.London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal rights, workers’ rights and socialism. London 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. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during 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".

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1. jack london

   Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, was an American author, journalist and social activist who is best known for his adventure novels and stories that depicted the hardships of life in the wild. His most famous works include "The Call of the Wild," "White Fang," and "To Build a Fire." London was also known for his unique writing style and his portrayal of characters who often struggled for survival in harsh environmental conditions. He died on November 22, 1916.

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1. Jack London

   John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. He is best remembered as the author of 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 of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers and wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

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   The numerical value of jack london in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of jack london in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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