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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 ...
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 visit to his grave in Sonoma County. Jack London, author of works ...
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 ...
Speaking to us 100 years after his death, in the era of Nigel Farage and Donald Trump, Jack London’s late novels make a fascinating spectacle of their author’s ‘white fragility’.