Part one of term paper
Jack London was born January 12, 1876 in San Francisco California. Jack's parents' were Flora Wellman and William Chaney. Flora had grown up wealthy in Ohio. As a child Flora was stricken with thyroid fever which stunned her growth and ruined her looks. In June 1874 Flora started living with astrologer William Chaney. In the summer of 18 ...

Part two of term paper
... whom she named John Griffith Chaney. Flora was too sick to care for her child. She sent the boy to live with Virginia Prentiss. Prentiss, was a friend who did not have any children. Flora needed this time to rebuild her life and start anew. Within the year she married Civil War veteran John London. John London had two daughters Eliza and Ida. In September of 1876 Flora went and retrieved her son, and changed his name to Jack London. Jack London grew up believing that John London was his ...