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Essay Archive - Creative Writing: John Griffith Biography
Creative Writing: John Griffith Biography
Let me put this heavy load down and take some of these bulky clothes off
and I'll tell you about how I became a short story and novel writer.
My name is John Griffith London. But I like to be called Jack. I was born
in San Francisco in 1876. Most of my childhood I was very poor. I had to help
my parents earn a living by doing odd jobs. I delivered papers, worked on ice-
wagons, cleaned up bowling alleys, helped in the cannery and only made ten cents
an hour. I usually worked ten hours a day. I learned what it was like being a
member of the working....
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