John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. CONTENTS On the Makaloa Mat The Bones of Kahekili When Alice Told Her Soul Shin-Bones The Water Baby The Tears of Ah Kim The Kanaka Surf