Definition of Jack London

1. Noun. United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916).

Exact synonyms: John Griffith Chaney, London
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jack London

Jacinth
Jacinthe
Jack-a-Lent
Jack-a-Lents
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
Jack-of-all-trades
Jack-tar
Jack Benny
Jack Dempsey
Jack Frost
Jack Kennedy
Jack Kerouac
Jack Ketch
Jack Lemmon
Jack London (current term)
Jack Mormon
Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nod
Jack O'Lantern
Jack O'Lanterns
Jack Pudding
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Jack Russell terrier
Jack Russell terriers
Jack Tar
Jack Tars
Jack William Nicklaus
Jack in the pulpit
Jack o' the clock

Literary usage of Jack London

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Viagens ethnographicas sul americanas: Argentina by Charmian London, Online Archive of California, Simoens da Silva (1921)
"Jack London and Alexander Irvine at Yale University 80 Jack London, ... Jack London on Sonoma Mountains Overlooking the Valley of the Moon .256 1913. ..."

2. Our Short Story Writers by Blanche Colton Williams (1920)
"CHAPTER XV Jack London Jack London died November 22, 1916. ... A short-story critic and a short-story lover will pronounce Jack London engaging, ..."

3. A Golden Age of Authors: A Publisher's Recollection by William Webster Ellsworth (1919)
"... Kipling — Kale Douglas Wiggin — Jack London To have been associated in the issuing of St. Nicholas has been one of the pleasures of my life. ..."

4. From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine by Alexander Irvine (1910)
"Jack London was in the East and I persuaded him to pay the comrades in New ... Jack London can be had for a lecture." The Union had no money and Woolsey ..."

5. Progressive Men, Women, and Movements of the Past Twenty-Five Years by Benjamin Orange Flower (1914)
"... of Privilege"—David Graham Phillips—Charles Edward Russell— Upton Sinclair—Jack London—The "Vital Social Drama of the Period—The Critical Present. ..."

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