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Descendants of the adventure genre in American novels

American literature is literature that has been produced in the United States and its preceding colonies. Prior to the formation of U.S. as a nation, American literature was Post American Revolution, writers in the United States started developing a style that was unique and distinctly different from that in Britain. William Hill Brown first American novel. In late 19th century, Mark Twain became a giant in not only American but world literature. His style changed the way Americans write their language. The United States produced some of the best known and critically acclaimed novelists of the 20th century including Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. Experience in the Second World War was captured by American writers like Joseph Heller and J. D. Salinger in unusual and captivating novels while African American writer Toni Morrison achieved outstanding success in the second half of the 20th century by writing novels that explored black identity in the U.S.⁶
Here is our list of the best American novelists and their most famous works:




⁶ https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2012/jul/23/great-american-novelist-tournament-final-32

JACK LONDON

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January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916

Deserted by his father, John Griffith London was raised by his mother and step father. At the age of 14, he quit school to escape poverty. He bought a sloop and became an oyster pirate, a person who engages in the poaching of oysters. After many experiences as a hobo and a sailor, he returned to Oakland and attended Oakland High School. At the age of 19, he entered the University of California, Berkeley. However, he had to quit after a year due to lack of finances. In 1897, London sailed to join
the Klondike Gold Rush. His struggles there inspired his famous short story, “To Build a Fire”. Unsuccessful, London returned and decided to earn a living as a writer. Within a couple of years, he began to gain an audience for his fresh subject matter. Jack London went on to become an international celebrity and the highest- paid writer in the United States at that time. A pioneer of commercial fiction, he was also an innovator in the science fiction genre. His novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang are regarded as among the best works in adventure fiction.

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