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“Jack London: Prince of the Oyster Pirates”
Jack London is known to many as the author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang. London lived a thrilling and adventurous life. ... Throughout his life, London experienced many adventures that “normal” people dream about.
Jack London was born in San Francisco, California on January 12, 1876. ... His mother then married John London, a widower with eleven children which caused London to have a very large and “dysfunctional” family at an early age (Stern 700). On a sunny day in 1884, eight year old London found a novel on the road in Livermore Valley near San Francisco, California while on a walk home from fishing. The novel was Signa by Ovida, and London read it many times because he believed it paralleled his own life. After graduating from grammar school in Oakland, London worked numerous odd jobs. ...
Ten year old London’s eleven hour day in the fish canning factory at ten cents an hour inspired him to save up enough money to buy a skiff that he sailed in the Estuary and on the bay. ... This caused London the desire to become a sailor. When he was 15, he bought the “sloop” Razzle Dazzle and become an oyster pirate. He won the title, Prince of the Oyster Pirates, by taking with him the girl called the Queen of the Oyster Pirates. “For a year or so he sailed San Francisco Bay, robbing oyster beds, living a lawless, reckless life, full of danger and hard drinking” (Stone 370). After being caught by the fish patrol, London became a deputy for awhile, and, for a few weeks, he was a hobo. ... Afterwards, London passed his college entrance examinations after three months of unaided cramming and entered the University of California at Berkley in August of 1896. ... London referred to his stay in the cabin as “forty days in a refrigerator”. When spring arrived, London was so sick with scurvy that he was afraid to leave for the outside where he learned that his father had died the previous autumn while he was away.
Approximate Word count = 1655
Approximate Pages = 6.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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