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Hide Show Archive footage 5 credits. Spouse: Charmian London his death See more ». Edit Did You Know? Personal Quote: A bone to the dog is not charity. For London, the contest was an eye-opening experience, and he decided to dedicate his life to writing short stories.
But he had trouble finding willing publishers. After trying to make a go of it on the East Coast, he returned to California and briefly enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley, before heading north to Canada to seek at least a small fortune in the gold rush happening in the Yukon. By the age of 22, however, London still hadn't put together much of a living.
He had once again returned to California and was still determined to carve out a living as a writer. His experience in the Yukon had convinced him he had stories he could tell. In addition, his own poverty and that of the struggling men and women he encountered pushed him to embrace socialism.
In he began publishing stories in the Overland Monthly. The experience of writing and getting published greatly disciplined London as a writer. From that time forward, London made it a practice to write at least a thousand words a day. London found fame and some fortune at the age of 27 with his novel The Call of the Wild , which told the story of a dog that finds its place in the world as a sled dog in the Yukon.
The success did little to soften London's hard-driving lifestyle. A prolific writer, he published more than 50 books over the last 16 years of his life.
The titles included The People of the Abyss , which offered a scathing critique of capitalism; White Fang , a popular tale about a wild wolf dog becoming domesticated; and John Barleycorn , a memoir of sorts that detailed his lifelong battle with alcohol. He charged forth in other ways, too. He covered the Russo-Japanese War in for Hearst papers, introduced American readers to Hawaii and the sport of surfing, and frequently lectured about the problems associated with capitalism.
In London married Bess Maddern. The couple had two daughters together, Joan and Bess. Between and London purchased adjoining farms and in he moved from Glen Ellen to a small wood frame house in the middle of his holdings.
This Cottage and adjoining Stone Dining Room can be toured at the Park, a touchstone to the early 20th-century life Jack and Charmian enjoyed at the ranch. On horseback, Jack explored every canyon, glen and hilltop.
He threw himself into the farming fad of the period, scientific agriculture, believing this to be a truly justifiable, basic and idealistic means of making a living. A significant portion of his later writing— Burning Daylight , Valley of the Moon and Little Lady of the Big House —centered on the simple pleasures of country life, the satisfaction of making a living from the land and remaining close to nature.
That night, a ranch hand noticed a glow in the sky half a mile away. Wolf House was burning. By the time the Londons arrived by horseback the house was ablaze, the tile roof had collapsed, and even a stack of lumber some distance away was burning. Nothing could be done. London looked at the fire philosophically, but the loss was a crushing financial blow and the end of a long-cherished dream.
Rumors abounded about the cause of the fire. In a group of forensic fire experts visited the site and concluded that the fire resulted from spontaneous combustion in a pile of linseed oil-soaked rags left by workers. London planned to rebuild Wolf House, but at the time of his death in the house remained as it stands today, the stark but eloquent vestige of a shattered dream. The loss of Wolf House left London depressed, but he forced himself to go back to work.
He spent time living and working aboard his foot yawl, the Roamer , which he sailed around San Francisco Bay and the nearby Sacramento and San Joaquin deltas. In and , Charmian persuaded her husband to spend time in Hawaii, a relaxing and healthful respite for the two of them. His ambitious plans to expand the ranch and increase productivity kept him in debt and under pressure to write as fast as he could, even though this might mean sacrificing quality for quantity.
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