Piute Chieftain | 1916-11-30 | Page 2 | Jack London Passes Away

JACK LONDON PASSES AWAY noted author meets death on ranch a victim of poisoning santa ganta rosa cal jack london best known ot of Cali fornias authors died at his glen ellen cal ranch near here wednesday night a victim of poisoning london would have been 41 years old on january 12 mr and mrs london recently returned from a sojourn of several months in the hawaiian islands and have been living on their glen ellen ranch one of the most elaborately equip equipped pea in northern california jack london was born at san fran fian circo january 12 1876 after completing his high school education he entered the university 0 of f california but did not complete his bis course and left college to go to the klondike during the famous gold rush to alaska in 1897 he went to sea before the mast in 1892 and followed this the next year with a trip which included a visit to japan anaa and a seal hunting cruise in the bering sea in 1894 he tramped through the united States for the purpose of making a firsthand first flis hand study of social and eco nocle problems which studies lie he used with his hia other ances in his prolific writings ills his life was stressful and many of his books particularly john barleycorn were popularly accepted as autobiographical to experiences lie he was an indefatigable writer early in his career he set himself the task of writing a certain amount every day and lie he lived up to the undertaking to the last