Jack London’s childhood was one of loneliness,

He had a wide variety of crops, including forty acres of wine grapes, which were formerly part of the Kohler-Frohling Winery. By damming a stream that crossed his property, Jack built a lake for irrigation and recreation. He introduced terracing and green water mulching. He produced record yields of oat hay on acreage that had been considered over farmed. He experimented with innovative ideas such as growing spineless cactus, which was developed by his friend, the “Plant Wizard”, Luther Burbank.

Upon his return to Oakland, California, he discovered that his stepfather, John London, had died. At the age of 22, he now shouldered the responsibility of supporting his mother and his stepnephew. Despite tackling every job opening possible, he could not find steady work. In desperation, he sold many of his belongings and dove into writing. He was talented and prolific, yet at first all of his manuscripts were rejected. In early December 1898, he sold his first short story, an Alaskan tale entitled, “To The Man On Trail”. His writing career was launched (Labor 210).

Then he moved into a cabin and staked a claim on Henderson Creek in early November of 1897, after a month of specting. During the long winter that followed, he became well-known to his fellow prospectors for his storytelling ability. In May 1898, he developed a severe case of scurvy from lack of fresh fruit and vegetables; he could no longer work his claim. Desperately needing immediate medical attention, he anxiously awaited the melting of the ice blocking the Yukon River. He eventually did receive some medical help but was advised to return home. London gained a tremendous amount of insight and perspective while in Alaska and the Klondike. Although he had not discovered much gold, he had uncovered a Mother Lode of experience from which he would draw material for his future novels and stories.

Overcome with “Klondike fever,” Jack departed from San Francisco on the 55 Umatilla on July 25, 1897, accompanied and bankrolled by his much older brother-in-law, Captain Shepard, who returned home after only two days on the rugged Alaska trails. With nearly two thousand pounds of required equipment. Jack entered the Yukon Territory by way of the Dyea River and the notorious Chilcoot Pass.

The compressing years of study into a few months, London passed his college exams and entered the University of California at Berkeley in 1896. He has remained there for only one semester and then he began to submit his works. Things from light verse to sociological essays then to magazines but had no success. While writing London took a job as a laundry worker, working six days a week for very long hours. With this ambition to get rich quick now took a new turn. London decided to join the Yukon gold rush in July of 1897 then he embarked for Alaska. He remained there for on year and struck no gold. While London was in Alaska he read wildly works of materialistic philosophers. He was

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