Use the verbs in brackets in Past Simple. Jack London's Biography
Jack London is a famous American writer. He was born in San Francisco, California, on January 12, 1876. His father 1 (leave) his family when Jack 2 … (be) still a child, he 3 (spend) 14, his childhood with his mother and stepfather in Oakland. At the age of 14, London 4 (leave) school for a life on the road. He changed manyjobs, he 5 … (work) as a seaman, 6 (ride) in freight trains along the West Coast, and 7 … (become) a member of the Socialist Party. At 19, though, he 8 (dedicate) himself to self-education in public libraries and 9 (gain) admission to the University of California-Berkeley as a special student. During this time he 10 ＿ (begin) to write short stories and political essays. In 1901, he 11 (to run) unsuccessfully for mayor of Oakland. After that he 12 …(turn) his attention to writing. He 13 (write) The Call ofthe Wild (1903), The Sea-Wolf(1904). ＿ (to White Fang (1906), and Burning Daylight (1910). He 14 die) on his ranch of kidney disease on November 22, 1916.