Jack London was born on Jan. 12, 1876. I’ve always felt drawn to his work and to the Northern Territory he often highlighted. Exploring the land of his books and short stories helped propel me into ...

James L. Haley, author of "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London," gets to the nub of the enduring London riddle in the subtitle of his gripping narrative about the best-selling American author, who was born ...

On July 14 of 1897, when news of the Klondike Gold Strike hit San Francisco and then echoed across the world, 21-year-old Jack London was working in military school steaming shirts ten hours a day.

The new film Martin Eden is an epic retelling of Jack London's 1909 novel set in Italy in the midst of a socialist revolution. It may well be a metaphor for the "Don't tread on me" America of today.

Editor’s note: This story originally ran April 22, 2021. It has been updated. For years before a single blueprint was drawn, writer Jack London dreamed of his perfect house. Nestled amid the redwoods ...

In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel Richard Grant; Photographs by Grant Harder Deadly perils awaited ...