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  1. Although London portrayed New Women prior to marrying Charmian, these and other characters incorporated full dimensions of his wife's character. Latest scholarship reveals Charmian was a collaborator as well on many of Jack's books, including The Valley of the Moon and The Mutiny of Elsinore.

  2. Jan 30, 2024 · London and Kittredge Secret Love Affair. London left his family for a short sailing trip and injured himself on a buggy ride. Bess Maddern asked Kittredge, living nearby at Wake Robin Resort, to visit her husband to see how he fared.

  3. After an affair with Charmian Kittredge, a liberated free-spirit five years his senior, London divorced Bess and in 1905 married his "Mate Woman." From then on, Charmian’s adventurous spirit and progressive ideas made her the perfect companion for London, and she became the model for many of his female characters.

  4. Four years older than Jack, Charmian was involved with another man at the time and not attracted to London. During his marriage to Bess Maddern, she lived in New England for a year, as well as travelled abroad.

  5. After an affair with Charmian Kittredge, a liberated free-spirit five years his senior, London divorced Bess and in 1905 married his "Mate Woman." From then on, Charmian’s adventurous spirit...

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  6. Incredibly, the perspective of Charmian Kittredge London, the one person who knew him better than anyone else, had been left out. Why? Who was she? Susan wanted to know so she re-read Clarice Stasz’s books, American Dreamers and Jack London’s Women, and Charmian’s own books, The Book of Jack London, Log of the Snark, and Our Hawaii.

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  8. After Jack’s death, Charmian continued to date men and famously had a short relationship with Harry Houdini. She died at age 83 in 1955. Her ashes are buried with her husbands under a volcanic rock at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, CA.

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