The life, work, and legacy of the American writer John Griffith London, 1876–1916 — the most comprehensive online archive in two languages.
John Mancini's essay traces how London reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the San Francisco Examiner — and how he was detained by Japanese authorities, interrogated in Seoul, and eventually sent home. With unpublished photographs from the family archive.
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Jack London International began in 1996 as a small collection of texts and images that I, as a German reader, missed — and grew over three decades into the most comprehensive German-language online resource on the life and work of the American writer.
The archive today holds all 27 novels and 18 short-story collections in parallel English / German titles, extensive materials from the family estate — including Marshall Bond's eulogy, letters to the Bond family, two Ashton Stevens interviews — alongside essays, an illustrated timeline, and a section for Jack's direct descendants.
Gepflegt von Reinhard Wissdorf, in Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen London-Lesern und Mitgliedern der London family.
Born as John Griffith Chaney at 615 Third Street, between Bryant and Brannan. William Chaney denies paternity.
London departs for Alaska. The single winter he spent there became the foundation of his most famous tales.
Dies after fourteen hours of agony from gastrointestinal uremia. Glen Ellen, Sonoma County. Forty years old.