... London entered Oakland High School to prepare himself for college exams, cramming the same energy that he used for shoveling coal. He also published his first stories in the schools library magazine, The Aegis. In addition, he joined the Socialist labor party and threw himself into the activities, by gaining a degree of notoriety as a sheet corner crater, " The Boy Socialist of Oakland," as the ... of high quality work over a period of eighteen years. Jack had become the best-selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time. He was prolific: fifty one of his books and hu...

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