NAME | DESCRIPTION |
JACK LONDON | He was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories “To Build a Fire”, “An Odyssey of the North”, and “Love of Life”. He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as “The Pearls of Parlay”, and “The Heathen”. |
NAME OF SITE | DESCRIPTION | CITY | STATE/COUNTRY |
BIRTHPLACE | PRIVATE HOUSE – | SAN FRANSISCO | CALIFORNIA |
STUDIED | OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL | OAKLAND | CALIFORNIA |
STUDIED | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | BERKLEY | CALIFORNIA |
SALOON | HEINHOLD FIRST AND LAST CHANCE- JACK LONDON RENDEZVOUS | OAKLAND | CALIFORNIA |
CABIN | JACK LONDON CABIN | OAKLAND | CALIFORNIA |
CABIN | JACK LONDON CABIN | DAWSON CITY, YUKON | CANADA |
MUSEUM | JACK LONDON HISTORIC SITE | GLEN ELLEN | CALIFORNIA |
MUSEUM | JACK LONDON MUSEUM | DAWSON CITY, YUKON | CANADA |
DEATHPLACE | JACK LONDON COTTAGE IN THE PORCH | GLEN ELLEN | CALIFORNIA |
BURIAL PLACE | JACK LONDON STATE HISTORIC SITE | GLEN ELLEN | CALIFORNIA |
STATUE | JACK LONDON SQUARE | OAKLAND | CALIFORNIA |