* Born: 12 January 1876
* Birthplace: San Francisco, California
* Died: 22 November 1916 (uremic poisoning)
* Best Known As: Author of Call of the Wild

Jack London was an early 20th-century writer closely associated with San Francisco and adventure. His most famous book by far is The Call of the Wild (1903), the story of a peaceful California dog named Buck who is kidnapped and shipped to the wilds of Alaska. The Sea-Wolf (1904) and White Fang (1906) also were major hits. London was famous in his day for his dashing lifestyle: among other things he designed and built his own ship, the Snark, and sailed it to the South Pacific. He also was known (much like Stephen King) for his steady and prodigious output of novels, articles and short stories.

The author adopted the name of London from his step-father... A longstanding rumor has it that Jack London committed suicide, but evidence seems to indicate that he died of kidney failure combined with a possible overdose of morphine.

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January 8th – Engish Speaking club dedicated to the life and creativity of an American writer Jack London.
In the beginning of the meeting there was a short introduction, there were 6 new members and also 2 Americans. The club-members were offered to watch a slide show dedicated to Jack London. We discussed his creativity and his works.
The second part of the meeting was Ukrainian Christmas. A slide show was presented to the attention of Americans to acquaint them with traditions of celebrating Christmas in Ukraine. Americans were impressed with the dishes for Christmas. Josef said he ate Kutja and he liked it very much.
Katia Ivchenko sang a song "It's one of those days" for everybody.
Also we sang Carols (Kolyadky) and had hot tea with cakes (prepared by Natalie Karmaz’).
The number of the visitors – 27.

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