Soon after returning from the North Country early in the 1900, Jack met a lady named Bessie Maddern, which he soon married. Jack had two daughters with Bessie, and from that moment on Jack started taking his writings seriously. But in 1905 he met Charmian Kittredge, a women whom Jack fell madly in love with from the first day he met her. Jack then abruptly divorced Bessie, and married Charmian. (Encyclopaedia Encarta. 1996.).
After London's second marriage to Charmian Kittredge he purchased a ranch in Glen Ellen, California. It was in Sonoma Valley, London called it his Beauty Ranch. This is where London reached the peak of his prolific career. It was here, too, that he spent the final days of his life. London was first attracted to the Sonoma Valley by its magnificent natural landscape, a unique combination of high hills, fields and streams. Living and owning land near Glen Ellen was a way of escaping from the city way of life.
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But as excited as he was about his great plans for the ranch, he was still that restless man at heart. While his ranch was still under construction he decided to build a ship of his own and go sailing around the world exploring, writing, adventuring, and just enjoy the life that he craved and that would give him still more material to write about. The great voyage was to last seven years and take Jack and Charmian around the world. But as the voyage was in its 27 month and took them only as far as the South Pacific, Jack, became ill and they had to cancel the rest of the voyage. Jack and Charmian returned to Glen Ellen two years later to find their dream house taking shape. .
In 1909 Jack bought more land and moved from Glen Ellen to a small ranch house in the middle of his land. He spent much of his day's horseback riding throughout the countryside, exploring every canyon, and hilltop. He also started to farm, for this was one of the few justifiable, basic, and idealistic ways of making a living at that time.