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Jack London (fifth from left) and 'The Vultures'—a team of war reporters sent to correspond on the Russian-Japanese conflict in 1904, pictured on the SS Siberia. Photo from The Book of Jack ...
But haunted, I would say no.” More than a century since the “White Fang” author died, Jack London State Historic Park is now grappling with his legacy. Despite his reputation as a ...
Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney, was a novelist, an essayist, and a social activist. He is known for his romanticized depictions of adventure and his works centered on nature. His 1903 ...
She devoured as many books as she could find on the subject, including a couple of the many biographies on Jack London. Reading wasn’t enough for her, though. “Dammit, I’m going to the Klondike! Come ...
Though The Call of the Wild is about dogs, this same heartlessness is vividly depicted in the book. Buck was based on a dog named Jack. While up north, London became friends with the brothers ...
the Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov and George Orwell. Their conclusion about Jack London? From the biological material he left behind on his objects, they found traces of 12 drugs but determined ...
The following letter from Jack London to Stanley Waterloo was given out at Everybody's, with the remark that it was the reply made by the author of "Before Adam" to the criticism contained in the ...
A tree stump where Jack London is said to have sat and put pen to paper remains on the land. Jack Pier Originally part of a vast Mexican rancho and later a 160-acre ranch, Wake Robin rests beside ...
The 108 th anniversary of the death of one of the Bay Area’s best-known authors will be honored Saturday with songs and a ...