Before becoming a successful writer, jack london was a prospector, searching for gold in alaska.

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Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. He is best known for his works The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Jack London wrote about the Gold Rush, in which he participated. He also wrote about the South Pacific in general. London was also a social activist, and was interested in topics such as unionization, socialism and workers' rights.

the answer is

in all honesty, it really hasn't. except that hitler killed himself.