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Show UTAH TODAY HELEN FERGUSON Iffi BIG PICTURE Interesting Facts About Jack London's Lon-don's Life Jack London was born In San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Jan. 12, 1876. UTnat little schooling h enjoyed. hl received In Oakland, Cal. At the age of 17 he shipped before the mast as an able seaman, visiting I Japan and tho Bering Sea. In LH97. London Joined the firat' stampede to the Klondike. London's first stories were published pub-lished in the Overland Monthly. Htsl first bound volume. "The Son of thai Wolf" was published In 1900. in 19o6 he started on a seven years" I around Ihe w orld in a 50-foot ketch I but had to leave It uncompleted on account of a tropical lllne.-is. London was married twice his sec- ond wife belnic CharmUn ftittridget who now resides at the London ranch j near Glen Ellen. Sonoma County. California Cali-fornia The Valla of the Moon " "The Call of the Wild," " The Mutiny of the Elsinore," "The God of his Fathers." "Martin Eden. ' ""John Barleycorn" Bar-leycorn" and "The frulse of the Snark" are but a few of the many successful books from the pen of the author of "Burning Da; light" Ixmdon was an indomitable worker, having pro. In. d flfty-CIvs books In seventeen years. Most of these no vela were baaed upon things he actual I J saw or experienced. Probably he tof to his greatest heights In his Alaxkan stories which were tho result of hi experiences In the Klondike rush. Jacok London died In the year 1916 after an adventurous career which carried him to all corners of the earth. "Burning Daylight " now showing at t'tah thea're is a story such s Jack London alone could write We urge you not to mlsa It. And the Larry Simon comedy on same bill. |