OBITUARY.
JACK LONDON. t Bit Calif — Prtfi Aucciation. — Ctturiunt. Australian and .V.2. Cabli Allocation. (Received November 24, 11.33 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 23. Jack London died at his home at Glen Ellen, California, of uremia. [Jack London, the famous American author, was born at San Francisco on January 12, 1876. He left college to go to the Klondvke, and never completed hit course. He went to sea, before the mast, in 1892; went to Japan and seal hunting in the Behring Sea, 1893; tramped through thft I'nited States and Canada for sociological and economic study several times; acted as war correspondent in the Russo-Japanese war: and made many long voyages, including visits to Australia and New Zealand. 11l a diminutive yacht. He has written an almost phenomenal number of books of travel and adventure, and a considerable number on sociological subjects. He was one of the leading Socialists of America.]
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 871, 24 November 1916, Page 6
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