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Jack London (athlete)
British sprinter
For other people named Jack London, see Jack London (disambiguation).
John Edward London (13 January – 2 May ) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the metres. Born in British Guiana, now Guyana, he won a silver and a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He was the second Black British Olympian to win an medal for Great Britain (after Harry Edward, at the Antwerp Olympics), and the third to represent Great Britain at the Olympics (the first being wrestler Louis Bruce).[3]
Early life
[edit]London was born in Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana). His father was John Edward London who worked as a school teacher and church minister and later as a medical practitioner. His mother was named Beatrice Annie. They moved to England where John Edward London Snr. was studying medicin. He later returned to British Guiana to practice, while Beatrice and John Edward Jnr. remained in England. They lived with Beatrice
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The Iron Heel
novel by Jack London
This article is about the novel. For the film, see The Iron Heel (film).
The Iron Heel is a dystopian and political novel in the form eller gestalt of science fiction[1] by American writer Jack London, first published in
Plot
[edit]The main premise of the book is the rise of a socialist mass movement in the United States&#;&#; strong enough to have a real chance of winning national elections, getting to power, and implementing a radical socialist regime. Conservatives feel alarmed and threatened by this prospect, to the point of seizing power and establishing a brutal dictatorship in order to avert it.
The novel fryst vatten told via the framing device of a manuscript found centuries after the action takes place and footnotes by a scholar, Anthony Meredith, circa AD or B.O.M. (the Brotherhood of Man). Jack London writes at two levels, sporadically having Meredith correcting the errors of Avis Everhard through his own future prism, while at t
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The Call of the Wild
novel by Jack London
"Call of the Wild" redirects here. For other uses, see Call of the Wild (disambiguation).
The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in and set in Yukon, Canada, during the s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primitive and wild in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.
London spent about a year in Yukon, and his observations form much of the material for the book. The story was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in the summer of and was published later t