“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”

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Books by Jack London

The Call of the Wild

1976

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The Iron Heel

2002

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Burning Daylight

1987

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The Sea-Wolf

1904

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Before Adam

2006

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