A short biography, list of the author's works with links to online texts, and links to other Jack London sites. Visit Amazon.com's Jack London Page and shop for all Jack London books and other Jack London related products (DVD, CDs, Apparel). Check out pictures, bibliography. Collection of on-line texts of Jack London's books and short stories, photos, biographical information, and documents and papers relating to his work. Jack London's mother, Flora Wellman, was the fifth and youngest child of Pennsylvania Canal builder Marshall Wellman and his first wife, Eleanor Garrett Jones. Jack London - A Brief Biography. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876. By age 30 London was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea. Situated along the scenic Oakland/Alameda estuary, Jack London Square is a vibrant destination in Oakland bringing together dining, retail, recreation and exciting. Jack London was a 19th century American author and journalist, best known for the adventure novels White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Jack London was the best-selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time. He was born John Griffith Chaney, on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco. Jack London fought his way up out of the factories and waterfront dives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of. John Griffith London (1876-1916) was born in San Francisco of an unmarried mother of wealthy background, Flora Wellman. His father may have been William Chaney, a.