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John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.

His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen".

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

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Den klassiske fortælling om Hvidtand, halvt ulv og og halvt hund, der lever sine første år som slædehund hos en indianerstamme i Nordamerikas vildmark, indtil den brutale Smukke Smith narrer ulvehunden fra dens ejer Grå Bæver. Hos Smith dresseres han til at blive en bidsk og farlig kamphund – en dræber der tjener penge til sin herre ved hundekampe. Men han reddes af en ung guldgraver, der gradvist vinder hans tillid. Ved siden af Kipling og H.G Well har blandt angelsaksiske forfattere kun Ernest Hemingway, hvis livsverden har betydelige fællestræk med Jack Londons, opnået en lignende berømmelse. Indlæst af Mikkel Schou, som har speaket en lang række af BBC´s store naturprogrammer på DR TV
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Udgivelsesdato01 sep. 2012
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