Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fi ction, he became one of the fi rst writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Written mostly during author’s “Klondike” period, “Love of Life” consists of eight wonderful short stories like “The Story of Keesh,” “A Day’s Lodging,” and “Negore, The Coward.”