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Jack Lonon (12 January 1876 – 22 November 1916) was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.

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  • In 1900 he published his first collection of stories, "The Son of the Wolf"
  • In 1900 the Atlantic Monthly published his story "An Odyssey of the North", his literary breakthrough
  • "Jerry Of The Islands" is the tale of an Irish Terrier pup by this "White Fang" author
  • In addition to Buck & White Fang, this author wrote about Jerry, an Irish terrier pup
  • Some of his stories of the Yukon were published in the 1910 collection "Lost Face"
  • During the Russo-Japanese War, this "Call of the Wild" author served as a reporter for Hearst
  • This "Call Of The Wild" author bought story plots from Lewis
  • He didn't find gold in the Klondike, so he wrote "The Call of the Wild"
  • This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers
  • In 1905 this "Call of the Wild" author ran for mayor of Oakland, California as a Socialist
  • Experience as a gold miner in the Klondike provided the basis for his "The Son of the Wolf" stories
  • One of his last adventure novels, "Jerry of the Islands", told of an Irish terrier pup in the south seas
  • A California park named for this author contains the ruins of Wolf House, the mansion he built but never lived in
  • This author of "The Son of the Wolf" & "The Sea-Wolf" called his home "Wolf House"
  • American author seen here["Call of the Wild"]
  • In 1929 Italy banned his "Call of the Wild" & Yugoslavia banned all of his books as being too radical
  • Among the many larger-than-life characters he created are Captain Wolf Larsen & Buck the sled dog
  • This American writer drew upon his experiences as a hobo in books like "John Barleycorn" & "Martin Eden"
  • Your dog will admire White Fang, a wolf-dog who bravely saves his master's family in a story by this author
  • "Jerry of the Islands" by this "White Fang" author was published a year after his death
  • His first Klondike stories, collected in 1900's "The Son of the Wolf", made this man a bestselling author
  • In 1910 this man published his story collection "Lost Face", which includes "To Build a Fire"
  • This author from nearby Oakland surveyed the damage & declared, "San Francisco is gone"
  • In this author's "To Build a Fire", a man needs to, in extreme cold, but it goes out
  • His story "To Build A Fire" is about a man & a dog trying to survive a harsh Yukon winter night
  • A 1900 collection of his short stories was titled "The Son of the Wolf"
  • More famous for his Klondike animal epics, this U.S. writer wrote about surfing after trying it in Hawaii in 1907
  • After participating in the Alaska gold rush, he returned to San Francisco & wrote "The Son of the Wolf" in 1900

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