1. American Authors Mark Twain Jack London Sources

2. Mark Twain entertaining as a humorist.

3. Mark Twain He was born as Samuel Clemens in 1835. He grew up along the Mississippi River. He was a humorist as well as an author. He also spent time in many places, including Europe and San Francisco.

4. Some Books Written by Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom SawyerTom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

5. Jack London wearing a Stetson hat

6. Jack London He was born as John Griffith Chaney on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, CA. When he was eight months old his mother married John London and he took the surname, London. He wrote several books and short stories before becoming famous for The Call of the Wild.

7. Jack London was a sailor and boxer as well as a writer.boxer A stamp was issued in his honor in 1986.stamp

8. The Call of the Wild White Fang T Some Books Written by Jack London

9. 1986 U.S. Postal Stamp

10. Jack London as a boxer.

11. Chicago Daily News negatives collection,DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. “Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. (The Atlantic Monthly./Volime 37,Issue223,May 1876 Wilson, Margie and Mike.”Who was Jack London? (Online) 6 November 2004 http://www.awerty.addr.com/callwild.html http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/writers/twain/humorist_1 http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLondon.html http://www.jacklondons.net/jacklondonpostalstamp.html Title Slide