Umm...oyster
pirate?
Wikipedia
states that Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney) was an author,
journalist, and social activist. Science Gnus has a more
colorful list that includes ”oyster pirate, deep-sea sailor, hobo,
Alaskan prospector.” And of course, author; London wrote The
Call of the Wild, The Sea Wolf, and White Fang,
among other works.
Both
of these lists left off a few jobs that London took on. He worked in
a jute mill and a street-railway power plant. He was in prison for 30
days for “vagrancy” (vagrancy means being homeless and
jobless—yes, it was against the law!), and let us not forget that
when he was 13 years old, London worked 12 to 18 hours A DAY in a
cannery! All of that hard work, all of that travel and adventure,
made him the author that he was.
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| Jack London Square, in Oakland, CA |
Read
The Call of the Wild here. 
Watch
this short presentation on White Fang. It's pretty
dramatic (almost corny, in my opinion, but hopefully it will inspire
you to get and read the book!
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