James L. Haley, author of "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London," gets to the nub of the enduring London riddle in the subtitle of his gripping narrative about the best-selling American author, who was born ...

The Klondike gold rush, wolves in the Alaskan snow, adventures on the high seas — Jack London, creator of "The Call of the Wild" and "The Sea Wolf," was born 150 years ago. A look at his life.

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(BCN) — The 108th 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 ...

On July 14 of 1897, when news of the Klondike Gold Strike hit San Francisco and then echoed across the world, 21-year-old Jack London was working in military school steaming shirts ten hours a day.

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Biography written by one so near to the subject is not to be judged by the unyielding standards of abstract criticism. It could not be important, nor is it desirable to have it so. But if Mrs.

For more than 100 years, his short story, “To Build a Fire,” was required reading for nearly every school kid in the US, most likely to teach them the necessity of survival, though the tale might also ...

In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel Richard Grant; Photographs by Grant Harder Deadly perils awaited ...

Editor’s note: This story originally ran April 22, 2021. It has been updated. For years before a single blueprint was drawn, writer Jack London dreamed of his perfect house. Nestled amid the redwoods ...