US novelist. He was a prolific author of naturalistic novels, adventure stories, and socialist reportage. His works, which are often based on his own life, typically concern the human struggle for survival against extreme natural forces, as dramatized in such novels as
The Call of the Wild (1903),
The Sea Wolf (1904), and
White Fang (1906). By 1906 he was the most widely read writer in the USA and had been translated into 68 languages.
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