Several years after Jack London’s death, his wife Charmian released a 2-volume biography of his life. Volume I starts with the origins of his parents, John an

"The first authorized biography of a great American novelist"--

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lifelong

"Story of a Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan", "The White Silence", "To The Man On Trail", "In a Far Country", "An Odyssey of the North", "Semper Idem", "The Law

-A middle grade biography of Jack London that sheds light on how he drew upon adventure and life experience to create works of literature---