"I wrote a thousand words every day"Jack London is the name you can hear everywhere, his writing has attracted millions of people around the world. London was an American novelist and short story writer, who wrote passionately about matters of life and death, and survival. The writer had many adventures, experienced life at sea, or in Alaska, or in the fields and factories of California, all of which influenced his writing style. Jack London was descended from the family of his mother Flora and the astrologer and journalist William Chaney. The writer studied alone and with the help of librarian Ina Coolbrith - he has a passion for reading books in public libraries. Later in life, Jack finally graduated from high school in Oakland. Jack London's career path was so variable, he was a laborer, oyster laborer and pirate in San Francisco Bay, member of the California Fish Patrol, sailor, railroad cooker and gold prospector. Yes, gold panning was the most important part of his life, as the young writer and his brother-in-law set sail to join the Klondike Gold Rush, where he would set his first successful stories. Jack London was a hard worker, trying to never miss his 1,000-word writing spell in the early morning, which helped him write over fifty books between 1900 and 1916. In addition to this, he corresponded with his readers and he did enormous research into improving his writing style, which is, of course, brilliant. The consequences of such hard work were that Jack London became the best-selling, highest-paid, and most popular American author of his time. Many authors and social advocates have been inspired by Jack London's heartfelt prose, and readers travel and experience so much through his books. In the beginning Jack London wasn't Jack London. His real name was John Griffith Chaney, or simply Johnny. The future writer was born on January 12, 1876 at 615 Third Street, San Francisco, California. Jack London grew up in the family of his mother Flora, who was a spiritualist, and his stepfather John London, who loved him very much. John London felt sorry for Jack, because he was a partially disabled Civil War veteran and Jack had to do all the work. Jack is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Williams Chaney, an itinerant astrologer and journalist. London's parents can be described as a rather simple American family.