Jack London was a sailor?

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This week, Carl ruminates on Jack London’s origins in Oakland and what sets the Port of Oakland apart from San Francisco. Carl talks about how London’s experiences sailing around the Bay shaped him as a person and fed the material for his writing.

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Jack London was a sailor?
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NATALIA GUREVICH
Natalia Gurevich is currently working towards her masters degree in journalism at UC Berkeley, with a focus on narrative writing. She has most recently reported on Oakland crime, criminal justice and law stories for Oakland North, and previously worked for a policy-based weekly journal, CQ Researcher, in Washington DC.

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