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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 .
Learn about the life and travels of Charmian Kittredge London, the second wife of Jack London and a writer in her own right. Explore her childhood, career, marriage, and legacy at Jack London State Historic Park.
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.
A gifted athlete with innate courage, Charmian was game for London's adventures, the first of which was the sail across the Pacific (1907-9) in the tiny Snark. That trip was postponed by the great earthquake and fire of 1906, after which Charmian and Jack wandered San Francisco, taking photographs and notes for his articles on the disaster.
Jan 30, 2024 · Charmian London, 1905. Virtuoso Pianist. Kittredge joined a group of writers and artists called The Crowd, who met weekly at Jack London's house, where London and Kittredge had their first kiss during one of these meetings.
Broken by personal despair, two unsuccessful attempts to have children with second wife Charmian, the destruction of his California dream home, and slow kidney failure from years of alcohol abuse, London died on November 22, 1916, at age forty.
Oct 21, 2013 · In 1905, London relinquished city life, moving with Charmian to the countryside north of San Francisco. Though they had some good times together, something went badly wrong with the last decade...
