Jack London(1876-1916)12345FamilyLife was born near Third and Brannan Streets inSan . London's father wasastrologer (fortune-teller)William Chaney. Jack London's mother, Flora Wellman, she was a music teacher . Whether Wellman and Chaney were legally married is . Late in 1876, Flora Wellman married John London (Veteran).4. In 1897, when he was 21 and a student at theUniversity of California, Berkeley. Heattempt to find his biological father. Chaney responded that he could not be London's experience 1885, London found and readOuida's longVictoriannovelSigna. He credited this as the seed of his literary ess .2. In 1886, he went to theOakland Public Libraryand found a sympathetic librarian,Ina Coolbrith, who encouraged his learning. (She later became California's firstpoet laureateand an important figure in the San Francisco munity).3. In 1889, London began working 12 to 18hours a day at a Cannery. escaping, he bought asloopfrom anoyster pirateand became an oyster pirate. 5. After a few months, his sloop became damaged beyond repair. London became hired as a member of theCalifornia Fish . In 1893, went to coast of Japan with a schooner. When he returned, the country was in the control of thepanic of 1993 andlabor unrest. Life experience7. After working in ajute milland a street-railway power plant, he joinedKelly's Army and began his career as a tramp. 1894, he spent 30days for vagrancy in the Erie CountyPenitentiary atBuffalo, New 1896, after a summer of intense studying to pass certification exams, he was admitted by University of California, 1897, Financial circumstances forced him to leave and he never graduated. Life experienceLife experience11. On July 12, 1897, London (age 21) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join theKlondike Gold Rush. 1898, on returning to California, London began to write his novel,Martin Eden.
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