On Manhood

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. Jack London might have lived a long and happy life – living comfortably off the fruits of his literary achievements, devoting himself to making his ranch a success, writing new [...]

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most [...]

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. The students of Oakland High School did not know what to make of their new peer. He was older than them, nineteen, and wholly unlike anyone else who walked the [...]

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos. On January 12, 1893, his seventeenth birthday, Jack London signed onto the Sophie Sutherland, a splendid three-topmast schooner bound for seal hunting in the Bering Sea, and ultimately Japan. Jack [...]

This article is part of a series that studies the life of Jack London, and especially his display of the Ancient Greek concept of thumos.  John Griffith London was born in San Francisco in 1876 the illegitimate son of Flora Wellman — a free-loving spiritualist who conducted séances in her home. He never knew his [...]