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Joan London (January 15, 1901 – January 18, 1971) was an American writer and the older of two daughters born to Jack London and his first wife, Elizabeth "Bess" Maddern London.
Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden, September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC 's Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997, and has authored over ten books. She has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel .
- 1975–present
- Journalist
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Joan London was born to Jack and Bess Maddern London on January 15, 1901. Her father was so smitten that he kept a special photo album to memorialize her importance for him. Unfortunately, he would leave her daily presence when she was only two and a half. She and her younger sister Becky lived with their mother, who was assisted by Jenny Prentiss.
John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. [6]
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Feb 24, 2024 · Joan London (January 15, 1901 – January 18, 1971) was an American writer and the older of two daughters born to Jack London and his first wife, Elizabeth "Bess" Maddern London. Contents. Personal life; Writing career; References; External links
Philip Foner, Jack London: American Rebel (New York: Citadel Press, 1947) Franklin Walker, Jack London and the Klondike: The Genesis of an American Writer (San Marino, Calif.: The Huntington Library, 1966) Joan Hedrick, Solitary Comrade: Jack London and His Work (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1982)
Jack London and His Daughters, Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 1990. Joan London also wrote editorials and brief articles on labor issues for The Voice of the Federation [Maritime Federation of the Pacific], The International Teamster, and Rank and File during the 1930s and 1960s. Several of her Letters to the Editor appeared in San Francisco papers.
