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Jack London

January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916

Oakland’s famed native son was the noted author of “The Call of the Wild”, “The Sea Wolf” and “South Sea Tales”. He was at various times a sailor, Alaskan gold miner, salmon fisher and longshoreman.

For a time he was politically involved in making socialist speeches and served as a war correspondent at different periods in the Far East and Mexico.

1977 by E Clampus Vitus, Joaquin Murrieta Chapter No. 13.

 

Jack London’s Cabin

In 1968 Russ Kingman, an area businessman with a passion for Jack London, headed an expedition to the Alaskan wilderness to authenticate a tiny cabin discovered in the woods on the north fork of Henderson Creek. The cabin was said to be the location where Jack London wintered in 1897-98 when he was prospecting during the Yukon gold rush. Kingman brought Sgt. Ralph Godfrey, handwriting expert from the Oakland Police Department’s forgery detail, along to verify London’s signature which was scratched out on the ceiling. Once the cabin was determined to be legitimate it was disassembled, packed out of the wilderness and the logs divided into two piles. Half went to Dawson City, Canada and half was purchased by the Port and came to Oakland. Two cabins were replicated from the original materials and now both cities have duplicate tributes to Jack London, world renowned author and adventurer. The Cabin was dedicated on July 1, 1970.

Donated by

The Port of Oakland

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Jack London

1876-1916

In 1886, ten year old Jack London traveled to Oakland with his family and led the rough and ready life of countless other working class lads of that era. Though he labored at menial jobs, the world of books captured his imagination at an early age and his mind remained open to new ideas and learning. Jack London’s life and career were influenced by the colorful yarns from hard-drinking sailors and risk-taking oyster pirates that he heard in Heinold’s Saloon. A year in the frozen Yukon provided additional inspiration for his writing. During his brief, brilliant career, London produced over fifty volumes of novels, essays, short stories and newspaper reports. In 1916, at the age of forty, he died as he lived.

“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot.”

Donated in memory of

Jules and Silvia Rodesta

Erected by Port of Oakland.