Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1916 — AUTHOR JACK LONDON IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

AUTHOR JACK LONDON IS DEAD

Famed Fiction Writer Dies Suddenly of Uremic Poisoning. Jack London, the world-famed fiction writer, died at his Glen Ellen, California, ranch near Santa Rosa at 7:45 o’clock Wednesday night, aged about 41 years. His death was caused from uremic poisoning and was quite sudden. London was a son of very poor parents and had but little schooling. His early struggles as an author brought him little encouragement and he gave up writing and went to the Klondike. While there his father died and he returned to California, took up the burden of supporting the family, and resumed writing. After meeting many rejections one of his stories was accepted and he received $5 for jt. His next story brought him S4O, and from that time on his success was assured and he became one of the most noted fiction writers in the world. Perhaps one of his most successful stories was “The Call of the Wild,’’ written In 1903, although scores of other stories from his pen have met with great success.