American Authors

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American Authors

• Mark Twain
• Jack London

Sources
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Mark Twain entertaining as a humorist.
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Mark Twain

• He was born as Samuel Clemens in 1835.
• He grew up along the Mississippi River.
• He was a humorist as well as an author.
• He also spent time in many places, including
  Europe and San Francisco.

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Some Books Written by Mark Twain

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court

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Jack London wearing a Stetson hat
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Jack London

• He was born as John Griffith Chaney on January
  12, 1876, in San Francisco, CA.
• When he was eight months old his mother married
  John London and he took the surname, London.
• He wrote several books and short stories before
  becoming famous for The Call of the Wild.

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• Jack London was a sailor and boxer as well as a
  writer.
• A stamp was issued in his honor in 1986.

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Some Books Written by Jack London
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• The Call of the Wild
• White Fang

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1986 U.S. Postal Stamp
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• Jack London as a boxer.

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• Chicago Daily News negatives collection,DN-0003451
  . Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.
• Mark Twains The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. (The
  Atlantic Monthly./Volime 37,Issue223,May 1876
• Wilson, Margie and Mike.Who was Jack London?
  (Online) 6 November 2004
• http//www.awerty.addr.com/callwild.html
• http//www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa
  /writers/twain/humorist_1
• http//www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLo
  ndon.html
• http//www.jacklondons.net/jacklondonpostalstamp.h
  tml

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