... shown him that life was a brutal struggle for survival. He expressed that in his books. Jack wrote the Call of the Wild, which he sold for $2,000. He later wrote and published the Sea Wolf for which he earned $4,000. He became one of the most popular, and best paid writers of his time. Jack and Charmian bought and developed Beauty Ranch. Jack wanted a place for people to come ... one is Call of the Wild. Call of the Wild is an example of the contradictory theories of individualism and socialism. This romance and beast fable is the most famous and widely read of Jack London's novels. It ...

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... . He was prolific: fifty one of his books and hundreds of his articles had been published. He had written thousands of letters. Many additional works have been published posthumously. His most notable books include The Call of the Wild (originally entitled "The Sleeping Wolf") which was published in 1903, The Iron Heel, White Fang, The Sea-Wolf (originally entitled "Mercy of the Sea"), The People of the Abyss (a sociological treatise about the slums of London, England), John Barleycorn ... Martin Eden, and The Star Rover. His short story, "To Build A Fire", is considered to be an all-tim...

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