John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was … See more

On July 12, 1897, London (age 21) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush. This was the setting for some of … See more

London married Elizabeth Mae (or May) "Bessie" Maddern on April 7, 1900, the same day The Son of the Wolf was published. Bess had been part of his circle of friends for a number of years. She was related to stage actresses Minnie Maddern Fiske See more

On August 18, 1904, London went with his close friend, the poet George Sterling, to "Summer High Jinks" at the Bohemian Grove. London was elected to honorary membership in the See more

London was born near Third and Brannan Streets in San Francisco. The house burned down in the fire after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; the California Historical Society placed … See more

The Crowd gathered at the restaurants (including Coppa's ) at the old Montgomery Block and later was a:
Bohemian group that often spent its Sunday afternoons picnicking, reading each other's latest compositions, gossiping about each other's … See more

London accepted an assignment of the San Francisco Examiner to cover the Russo-Japanese War in early 1904, arriving in See more