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Jack London

noun

United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916). Synonyms: John Griffith Chaney, London.

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... poems of one James Montgomery. I offered the selection to Mr Linklater, who grinned and chose the Missionary Child. 'It's not the reading I'm accustomed to,' he said. 'I like strong meat—Hall Caine and Jack London. By the way, how d'ye square this business of yours wi' the booksellers? When I was in Matheson's there would have been trouble if we had dealt direct wi' ...

— Mr. Standfast • John Buchan

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... the edge of the canon, outlined black and clear by the setting sun. His curiosity overcame him at last, so he sat down and waited to see what manner of beast we were. I reckon he was disappointed for he howled most dismally. I thought of Jack London's "The Wolf." ...

— Letters of a Woman Homesteader • Elinore Pruitt Stewart

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... a bad misunderstanding with Terry, or he with me, I don't know which it is. My God, but women can be brutal, though! You ought to read Jack London's 'The Call of the Wild.' You might substitute women for dogs. Some years ago I was a feast for the dogs (women), and now I see much of this same fierce brutality in myself, and poor Terry is feeling it. I have been away with a man, and Terry somehow feels it ...

— An Anarchist Woman • Hutchins Hapgood

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Words linked to "Jack London" : author, writer, John Griffith Chaney