LONDON

ALASKA WAS MADE SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE AND MEANINGFUL AFTER HAVING READ JACK LONDON.AN AMAZING PERSON .WE VISITED OAKLAND -SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE GREW UP AND HIS RANCH IN GLEN ELLEN NEAR NAPA VALLEY.

LONDON'S CABIN ON HIS GOLD CLAIM AT HENDERSON IN ALASKA WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 1980'S. AN ARGUUMENT ON WHETHER IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED IN DAWSON CITY OR JACK LONDON SQUARE OAKALND WAS RESOLVED BY PUTTING HALF AT EACH LOCATION AND BUILDING THE OTHER HALF .

INSIDE THE OAKLAND CABIN.

ONE OF LONDON'S HANGOUT'S DURING HIS OYSTER PIRATING DAYS. THE FIRST AND LAST CHANCE SALOON.THE SLOPING BAR A RESULT OF THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE!!

CLOCK STOPPED WHEN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK!!

LONDON COTTAGE VALLEY OF THE MOONS RANCH GLEN ELLEN.

JACK WROTE BY HAND AT FAR DESK AND CHARMIAN HIS SECOND WIFE TYPED THE MANUSCRIPTS.HE RELIGIOUSLY WROTE 10,000 WORDS A DAY.

IN TODAYS JARGON HE WOULD BE CALLED AN ORGANIC FARMER.HE DESIGNED THESE STATE OF THE ART PIG-STYES WHEN EXERCISE YARDS BEIND AND MANURE RECOVERY FOR FERTILISING THE FIELDS.

JACK'S AND CHARMIAN'S ASHES ARE BENEATH THIS ROCK ON A KNOLL ON THE RANCH. HE WANTED CREMATION SO HE WOULD GO OUT IN A BRIGHT LIGHT AND NOT SMOULDER AWAY IN A ROT!!

THE TRAGEDY OF WOLF-HOUSE A MAGNIFICENT HOUSE THAT BURNT BEFORE THEY COULD OCCUPY. HE DIED AT AGE 40 A FEW MONTHS LATER OF KIDNEY FAILURE.

VIEWS OF THE RANCH.