Jack London Research Paper
Lloyd Hargrove
Coach Platt
English III
14 April 2011
The Famous Life of Jack London
Jack London is one of the greatest natural writers. When jack was a child, he lived a very awkward and hectic life. As jack got older he got married twice and had three kids. He also wrote a lot about nature and wildlife in his books. However, by jacks forties he died. Jack London will always be known for his natural writing.
Jack London was born in San Francisco, California in 1876 (Hart). He was the son of an unmarried woman named Flora Wellman who was a very wealthy woman (Stasz). He is said to be the son of William Henry Chaney who was a journalist, lawyer, and major figure in the development of American astrology (Hart). While jack …show more content…
After him and her had seven children he enlisted into the army during the Civil War. During the close of the war minus the use of one lung john also got a combination of smallpox's and pneumonia. After he realized all of this, he moved his whole family to Muscatine County, Iowa. After John's wife, Mary Jane dies after having another daughter. John was left with nine children. One day while his kid Charles was injured in the chest while playing baseball. A doctor came, examined him, and said he was going to have to get to California. Once John heard that he hurried to take his family to California to get his son Charles to a doctor but eleven days after they got there his kid Charles died. Once his son died, he decided to move to California and stay there and lived but his children had to stay in a Protestant Orphan Asylum until he was able to provide them with a home. After being there for a short while he meet Jack London's mom Flora. He liked that she could sew fine shirts and decided that she would make the perfect wife for his kids. John’s two girls were happy when they found out about Miss Flora. They saw here as the same size as them and she was not all that pretty. John London was a very kind, gentle, high morals, stability, and a hard worker. The first time John London meet Jacks mom was while she was making shirts for Alonzo Prentiss. He treated Jack as his own child and he and Jack would team up to take on Floras fits and
Coach Platt
English III
14 April 2011
The Famous Life of Jack London
Jack London is one of the greatest natural writers. When jack was a child, he lived a very awkward and hectic life. As jack got older he got married twice and had three kids. He also wrote a lot about nature and wildlife in his books. However, by jacks forties he died. Jack London will always be known for his natural writing.
Jack London was born in San Francisco, California in 1876 (Hart). He was the son of an unmarried woman named Flora Wellman who was a very wealthy woman (Stasz). He is said to be the son of William Henry Chaney who was a journalist, lawyer, and major figure in the development of American astrology (Hart). While jack …show more content…
After him and her had seven children he enlisted into the army during the Civil War. During the close of the war minus the use of one lung john also got a combination of smallpox's and pneumonia. After he realized all of this, he moved his whole family to Muscatine County, Iowa. After John's wife, Mary Jane dies after having another daughter. John was left with nine children. One day while his kid Charles was injured in the chest while playing baseball. A doctor came, examined him, and said he was going to have to get to California. Once John heard that he hurried to take his family to California to get his son Charles to a doctor but eleven days after they got there his kid Charles died. Once his son died, he decided to move to California and stay there and lived but his children had to stay in a Protestant Orphan Asylum until he was able to provide them with a home. After being there for a short while he meet Jack London's mom Flora. He liked that she could sew fine shirts and decided that she would make the perfect wife for his kids. John’s two girls were happy when they found out about Miss Flora. They saw here as the same size as them and she was not all that pretty. John London was a very kind, gentle, high morals, stability, and a hard worker. The first time John London meet Jacks mom was while she was making shirts for Alonzo Prentiss. He treated Jack as his own child and he and Jack would team up to take on Floras fits and