JACKLONDONWASbornonJanuary12,1876,insanFrancisco,California,asJohnGriffithChaney.Hismother,FloraWellman,wasateacherandspiritualist,andhisfather,Willianleftthemnotlongafter,andJacktookhisstepfather''slastname,London.ThefamilymovedtoOaklandand,bythetimehewasten,Londonwasanavidreader,checkingbooksoutofthepubliclibrary.Londonleftschoolatagethirteentoworkanumberofoddjobs-asacanneryworker,sailor,oysterpirate,andfishpatroller.In1893,unemloyedworkersmarchedinprotestagainsttheeconormiccrisis,andLondon...