| IRVING MILO SHEPARD |
 Milo Shepard: The Complete Man. Nov. 26, 1925 – Oct. 10, 2010.
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| THE KLONDIKE CABIN |
| The Klondike cabin is on display at Jack London Square, Oakland where London buffs can see it.
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| THE CALL OF THE WILD |
The book was a passport to instant world acclaim. It not only became a classic, but it also opened a new era of literature.
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| POETRY AND PLAYS |
Jack London first became interested in poetry during the year he spent at Oakland High School and the one semester of his college education at the University of California.
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| J. L. WOMAN OF THE YEAR |
Jack London Foundation, Inc., "Woman-of-the-Year" presented at the 44th Jack London Birthday Banquet on January 18, 2014, at Ramekins Culinary School & Inn, Sonoma, CA.
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Jack London's Poetry
Complete Bibliography of Jack London's Poetry
List of Female Characters
A list of female characters found in short stories written by Jack London
First Published Story
Two Gold Bricks London's FIRST PUBLISHED short story.
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First Story For Publication
His first story ever written for publication, “Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan”.
The Last Story
The Water Baby the LAST STORY London ever wrote.
Famous London Photo
Russ Kingman's article regarding London's famous photo
Ina Coolbrith
Ina Coolbrith Jack London's Literary Mother
London Chronology
A Jack London abbreviated chronology
Timeline
Timeline and Index of Titles, a complete list of Jack London's books.
Select Bibliography
Selected Bibliography a list of primary sources.
London Book Covers
JL Book Collection book covers & photos.
Special Printings
Special Printings of Biographical Works, Criticism and Bibliography |
| JACK LONDON STAMP |
| 1st Day of Issue Jan 11, 1986 |
Year 1986 saw a US Postal Stamp issued in London's honor |
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FIRST POSTHUMOUS JACK LONDON BIOGRAPHY
Life and Jack London The following fictionalized biography of Jack London was written by Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968) and was serialized in eight monthly installments in Sunset, The Pacific Monthly. |
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EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION
Jack London: The Stories
A 20-part, 94,340-word series on Jack London's short fiction. Plot description, commentary, with extended critique on the more important of London's short stories. All 197 of London's stories are linked to this first-of-a-kind series written by award-winning American writer, Dale L. Walker. |
A SPECIAL BOOK POSTING In the Steps of Jack London – By Dr. Vil Bykov "Vil Bykov's book being available for the entire English-speaking world is a big event for anyone who has any remote connection with or interest in Jack London's life and work." says Julia Istomina, who assisted in the translation of Bykov's memoir. The book describes Bykov's visits to parts of the world where London lived and wrote, the author's meetings with London's descendants and those who were acquainted with him, about new details of London's biography. |
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A RARE COLLECTION
The Nonfiction of Jack London Since proper permission was obtained from the Jack London estate, we've posted two unpublished essays "Principles of the Republican Party" and "Telic Action and Collective Stupidity," along with twenty-six rare poems, unpublished book forewords, and uncollected journalism, all contributed by London scholar Daniel J. Wichlan. |
The Kempton-Wace Letters
Letters (1903) is a debate about love and marriage, as well as an epistolary novel. A collaboration between Jack London and Anna Strunsky which took twenty-two months writing. |
The Book of Jack London A rare out of print two-volume book written by Jack's widow unveils the writer's personality, contains many quotes, letters, and conversations along with illustrations. -=TWOJL
". . .I warn, therefore, that this book is written only for those sincere and open-minded folk who want to know the real and living facts that I can tell." – Charmian K. London |
Jack London and American Literary Naturalism By Dr. Earl J. Wilcox
"The Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest is carefully woven into this pattern of man's struggles. In no less than ten of the first twenty-five stories the survival motif dominates the action. . . ." |
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A REVISED CLASSIC RESEARCH AID
The Fiction of Jack London: A Chronological Bibliography The Fiction of Jack London: A Chronological Bibliography by Dale L. Walker and James E. Sisson III, out of print for 30 years, has now been extensively revised, updated and expanded by Walker and London scholar Daniel J. Wichlan. |
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RESEARCH AID COMPILED BY JO ANNE SHARPE
Jack London Newsletter Index and Guide Compiled by Jo Anne Sharpe, this research aid provides an alphabetical listing of contents, and a cross-reference to this listing by author and topic, with an introduction by the late newsletter founder and editor Hensley C. Woodbridge. |
Wolf House Burning Who burned Jack London's mansion, Wolf House, to the ground? Taken from Dale L. Walker's book, THE CALAMITY PAPERS WESTERN MYTHS AND COLD CASES. |
| Tribute to America's Greatest World Novel By Dr. Earle Labor |
"According to Joan London, her father had intended to write The Call of the Wild as "a companion to [his] other dog story, 'Batard,'" hoping to redeem the species from the diabolical stigma that characterized his earlier cannine. . ." |
The Jack London Death Controversy |
SUICIDE CANARD EXPOSED
Check the articles by a veteran London scholar and a distinguished physician to understand the critical issues involved in the controversy about London's death. Wolf Dying
From Dale L. Walker's book,
THE CALAMITY PAPERS WESTERN MYTHS AND COLD CASES
Was it suicide or disease?
Read why London could not have...
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My daddy did not kill himself
I have what is proof to me that he did not. – Becky London Fleming
A Comparative Study
Study of Jack London's death
depicted by various biographers – By Lou Leal
Jack London's Gravesite
Photos of Jack London's gravesite along with comments by his wife and friends. |
Birth Pangs of a Writer
Jack London's First Story
A Most Trying Predicament
The Busiest Year |
1900 Was a Good Year
Again the Literary Aspirant
Jack London: On Writing
The Writer's Philosophy of Life |
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Joan London
Becky London-Fleming
Some Memories of Daddy
Jack London's Descendants
Charmian Kittredge London |
Milo Shepard
Jack London's Parentage
London Matriarch: Helen Abbott
Jack London's Real Father
Becky Remembers Aunt Jennie |
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The Dignity of Dollars
OVERLAND MONTHLY – 1900
The Story of an Eyewitness
COLLIER'S – 1906
Mexico's Army and Ours
COLLIER'S – May 39, 1914
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Editorial Crimes – A Protest
DILETTANTE – 1901
The Impossibility of War
OVERLAND MONTHLY – 1900
Jack London's War
THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR |
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| THE GATEWAY TO ADVENTURE |
If you haven't read Jack London before, you won't want to stop. If you're already a Jack London fan, you know his stories and novels are even more exciting the second time around. During his time he was the best paid and most popular author in the world.
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| SELECTED SHORT STORIES |
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A Hyperborean Brew
A Piece of Steak
A Thousand Deaths
All Gold Cañon
An Odyssey of the North
Bald-Face
Brown Wolf
Flush of Gold
Handsome Cabin Boy, The
In a Far Country
Love of Life
Moon-Face
Nam-Bok, the Unveracious
That Spot
The Apostate
The Francis Spaight
The "Fuzziness" of Hoockla-Heen
The Heathen
The King of Mazy May
The Law of Life
The Mexican
To Build a Fire
Up The Slide
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| IN REMEMBRANCE |
Hensley C. Woodbridge
James E. Sisson III
Two Into One
Winnie Kingman: The Final Chapter |
| SPECIAL INTERVIEWS |
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Clarice Stasz
Dale L. Walker
Daniel J. Wichlan
Daniel Dyer
Donna Campbell
Earle Labor
Earl J. Wilcox
Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin
James Williams
Jeanne Campbell Reesman
Sara S. Hodson
Susan Gatti
Susan M. Nuernberg
Tony Williams
Vil Bykov |
| JACK LONDON'S MUSEUM |
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Visit museum
Charmian London built the House of Happy Walls in 1919-1926; three years after Jack London's death. |
| JACK LONDON'S BOAT |
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The World Cruise
The extensive itinerary of the cruise was planned for a leisurely seven years. The Snark had been designed...
The Inconceivable and Monstrous
The Snark should sail on October 1, 1906. That she did not...
What Happened to the Snark?
Read this brief but interesting article By WINIFRED KINGMAN
Treasures of the South Seas
From the Snark cruise came this tapa cloth treasure. By CONNIE KALE JOHNSON
Going
Round the World
Preliminary Letter From Jack London |
| WHO JACK LONDON WAS |
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A Busy Young Jack London
A Sketch of London
Finding the Real Jack London
Which Man Jack?
Hospitable Jack London, The
Jack London on the Waterfront
Londons in Hawaii, The
Anna Strunsky's Memoirs of JL
My 1916 Visit to Jack London
My Recollections of Jack & Becky
Finn Froelich: Artist and Friend
People of the Abyss, The
Photo of Charmian's Typewriter
Photo of London's Bedroom
Roamer Cruise, The
Scab, The
Small Boat Sailing
The Brain Merchant
What Life Means to Me |
| WHAT'S COOKIN' JACK? |
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• Jack's Recipes
include his favorite dish, "ten-minute" wild duck. |
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• Charmian's Recipe
Corned Beef and Cabbage |
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