1. Jack London
After living on several ranches and farms in California, Jack completed his grammar school in Oakland. ... Living and owning land near Glen Ellen was a way of escaping from the city way of life. 4 But as excited as he was about his great plans for the ranch, he was still that restless man at heart. ... A significant portion of his later writing had to do with the simple pleasures of the country life, the satisfaction of making a living directly and honestly from the land and thereby remaining close to the realities of the natural world was one of Jack London's greate...
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- Approx Pages: 12
- Grade Level: High School