About the book: 2021 / Jack Griffith Cheney aka Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco. When he was about eight months old, his mother married farmer John London, who adopted little Jack Griffith, and the future writer took his surname. Jack London began an independent working life full of hardships early. As a schoolboy, he sold morning and evening newspapers. After graduating from primary school at the age of fourteen, he entered a canning factory as a worker. The work was very hard, and he left the factory. He was an “oyster pirate,” catching oysters in San Francisco Bay, which was prohibited. In 1893, he hired himself as a sailor on a fishing schooner, going to catch seals on the shores of Japan and in the Bering Sea. The first voyage gave London many vivid impressions, which later formed the basis for many of his sea stories and novels. London's first essay, "A Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan," for which he received first prize from a San Francisco newspaper, marked the beginning of his literary career. Jack London's grave is located in Jack London State Park, Glen Ellen, CA Contents: 1. Jack London: Hearts of Three 2. Jack London: Adventure (Translation: T. Kudryavtseva) 3. Jack London: Mutiny on " Elsinore" (Translation: M. Shishmareva) 4. Jack London: The Sea Wolf 5. Jack London: Interstellar Wanderer (Translation: S. Zaimovsky) 6. Jack London: The Little Mistress of the Big House 7. Jack London: Valley of the Moon 8. Jack London : The Call of the Wild 9. Jack London: The Iron Heel (Translation: Rebekah Halperina) 10. Jack London: Daughter of the Snows 11. Jack London: John – Barleycorn 12. Jack London: The Day is Flaming (Translation: A. Krivtsova) 13. Jack London : Time-doesn't-wait (Translation: V. Toper) 14. Jack London: Martin Eden (Translation: Raisa Oblonskaya15-16. Jack London: Smoke Bellew. Smoke and the Kid (Translation: Lydia Chukovskaya, Nikolai Chukovsky, Nora Gal)