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> I read his books in Russian, haven't yet tried to read them in English. AFAIK he is not quite popular here as he is in Russia...
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>I don't remember all the details, but my recollection is that Jack London was once a candidate for mayor of San Francisco (Oakland???) as a Socialist. I don't know if he considered himself/was considered a Marxist as well. He was Lenin's favorite American author and was therefore widely read in Russia. Apparantly, his writing abilities kept his popularity high in the decades since.


It was Oakland. He was never elected despite running several times.

Another American writer with Socialist views, Upton Sinclair, ran for governor of California in the 1930s, also unsuccessfully. Maybe we should conclude Californians want a better preparation for elective office, such as acting ;-)