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Charmian London (née Kittredge; November 27, 1871 – January 14, 1955) was an American writer and the second wife of Jack London. Early life [ edit ] "Clara" Charmian Kittredge was born to poet and writer Dayelle "Daisy" Wiley and California hotelier Willard "Kitt" Kittredge at a railroad outpost south of Los Angeles .
- January 14, 1955 (aged 83), Glen Ellen, California, U.S.
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Jan 30, 2024 · Charmian Kittredge met Jack London during a luncheon at Young's restaurant in March 1900. Kittredge worked at one of the largest shipping firms in San Francisco, E. Mickle and Company. London admired her socialism and literary knowledge and frequently met at Kittredge's home in Berkeley to discuss literature, including Flood-Tide , The Forest ...
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London, Jack, Mr. and Mrs., portrait photograph, between 1906 and 1916, Prints & Photographs Division, Arnold Genthe Collection, LC-G3999-0049-A (b&w glass neg.), Library of Congress Jack London ...
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Nov 19, 2020 · London wrote Martin Eden (originally titled Success) during a voyage he and his wife, Charmian Kittredge London, took through the South Seas on a small yacht called the Snark. Charmian had given Jack the idea for the journey, one she had seen enacted by Joshua Slocum in his book about his own journey, Sailing Alone Around the World.
Charmian Kittredge London. Charmian Kittredge London (November 27, 1871 – January 14, 1955) While traveling in the South Seas in 1908 Charmian Kittredge London wrote, “to put pen on paper what I behold is like painting a picture….there is fascination in trying to share with the many what, so few can see.”. ( Log of the Snark, 278-79).
Jan 9, 2024 · Charmian London, literary adventurer, galloped through the Berkeley Hills in 1890s. Not just Jack London’s wife, she advocated for socialism and a free-love lifestyle she observed growing up on Parker Street. The first biography placing her in the spotlight is now an audiobook. Charmian Kittredge riding her horse, Belle, in the flats and the ...
Charmian Kittredge London. Charmian was born in 1871 to poet Dayelle "Daisy" Wiley and California hotelier Willard Kittredge. After Daisy died of valley fever in 1877, the Wiley clan insisted that Charmian be sent to Oakland be raised by her aunt, Ninetta Wiley Eames. She would not see her elderly and ailing father after that.
