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GATEWAY TO ADVENTURE
JACK LONDON'S WRITINGS
Those who read and study Jack London's life, works, and times become inspired. He is read worldwide more than any other American author—living or deceased—and is considered by many to be America's finest author. His work exemplifies traditional American values and captures the spirit of adventure and human interest.
London is most noted for his books The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf, and a his short stories, such as "To Build a Fire," "The Law of Life," "The White Silence." To Build a Fire is one of the world's most memorable stories, plunges its readers into Arctic cold more treacherous than anything they have ever imagined. But not all of Jack London's best tales are of the North. They also transport readers to the fragrant isles of the Pacific, the verdant valleys of California, and the awesome danger of the high seas. Drama, suspense, humor, even romance—find it all in this collection of treasured tales. His literary output was over fifty books of novels, stories, journalism, and essays. All in all, it is quite astonishing the extraordinary range London's writings cover.
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Jack London got the materials of his books from his own adventures; his philosophy was a product of his own experiences; his love of life was born of his wanderings over the earth and voyages across the seas. NOVELS  Burning Daylight (1910) The first of London's Sonoma novels. "A gripping story of Millions and a Maid." –New York HeraldGame, The Serialized in Metropolitan Magazine (1905). Book publication, New York: The Macmillan Co., (June 1905).Hearts of Three (1920) The Macmillan Co., New York [Book Contributor: University of California Libraries]Iron Heel, The (1908) Power is certainly the keynote of this book. Every word tingles with it. It is a great book, one that deserves to be read and pondered. . . It contains a mighty lesson and a most impressive warning.The Kempton-Wace Letters
by Jack London and Anna Strunsky New York: Macmillan, 1903. An epistolary novel.Martin Eden The novel was begun in Honolulu in the summer of 1907 and finished at Papeete, Tahiti, in February 1908.Mutiny of the Elsinore, The New York: Macmillan, 1914. Novel based in part on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo in 1912.Scarlet Plague, The (1912) The relapse of civilization into barbarism is a theme which, as those familiar with London's style will at once see, is admirably suited to his powers as a novelist.Sea-Wolf, The New York: Macmillan, 1904. Novel based on London's experiences aboard the sealing schoonerStar Rover, The (1915) This was one of the most original and gripping stories Jack London ever wrote.Jack London wrote as he lived, vividly and with the force of strong conviction. NONFICTION WORKS People of the Abyss, The (1903) London's study and reporting of the ghetto & slums of London, England.SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS Dutch Courage & Other Stories New York: Macmillan, 1922. Early juvenile stories, including London's first prizewinning sketch, Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan.Love of Life & Other Stories (1907) Jack London was at his best with the short story . . . clear-cut, sharp, incisive with the tang of the frost in it.On The Makaloa Mat New York: Macmillan, 1919. Hawaiian stories, including several based on Jung's theory of racial memory.Tales of the Fish Patrol (1905) That they are vividly told, hardly need be said, for Jack London was a realist as well as a writer of thrilling romances.STORIES and ESSAYS SHORT STORIES UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES LONDON'S JOURNALISM Articles published in Overland Monthly | Non-fiction magazine articles including an article for Colliers on the 1906 San Francisco earthquakeJack London's War | Writer Dale L. Walker's article on London's frustrating attempts to cover The Russo-Japanese WarPOEMS AND PLAYS Bibliography of Jack London's poetry | Complete Bibliography of Jack London's poetry, with first publication notations, compiled by Dan WichlanJack London Poems | Dan Wichlan collection of Jack London poems exclusively posted on our site with special permission from the Jack London estate.Jack London Plays | The Acorn-Planter, The Birth Mark, The First Poet, Daughters of the Rich, Gold, Theft, Scorn of Women, A Wicked Woman |
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