The Weltanschauung of Jack London
By James Eden: “Jack London? Didn’t he used to write kid’s stories about dogs?” Sadly, this response to the mention of American author Jack London’s name is all too frequent. London’s legacy and reputation seems to revolve around his “doggie” books, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Yet as with many aspects of Jack London’s life, not all is as first appears. Labelling The Call of the Wild as just a book about…