Jack London

Love of Life, and Other Stories (Annotated) Jack London

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Jack London, probably born as John Griffith Chaney (San Francisco, January 12, 1876-Glen Ellen, November 22, 1916), was an American writer, author of White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and other novels and stories. Clarice Stasz and other biographers believe that Jack London's biological father was astrologer William Chaney Chaney was a distinguished figure in astrology; According to Stasz: "From the point of view of today's most serious astrologers, Chaney is a great figure who has shifted the practice of quackery to a more rigorous method."Jack London did not know about Chaney's alleged paternity until his maturity. In 1897 she wrote to Chaney and received a letter from him stating, "I never married Flora Wellman," and that she was "powerless" during the period they lived together; therefore, "I cannot be your father."It is not possible to say whether the marriage was legalized, since most of San Francisco's civil documents were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Therefore, the name that appeared on the birth certificate is not known with certainty. Stasz clarifies that in his memoirs Chaney refers to Jack London's mother Flora Wellman as "wife." Stasz also emphasizes an ad in which Flora refers to herself as Florence Wellman Chaney.