CONTENTS Prologue, and a Meeting Heredity Nativity Boyhood Livermore Valley Boyhood to Youth: Oakland Estuary: Inland Sailoring Cannery: Sloop "Razzle Dazzle": The Queen of the Oyster Pirates Oyster-Pirating Fish-Patrol "Sophie Sutherland": Sealing Autumn into Spring, 1893 to 1894: Jute-Mill: Coal-Shovelling: Boy-and-Girl Love Tramping: The Road - The Sailor on Foot and Rod Tramping (Second Part): From St Joseph, Michigan, to Washington, D. C. etc. High School, 1894 University, 1896-7 Into Klondike, 1897 Out of Klondike, 1898 Return from Klondike: Writing - 1898-9: Lily Maid Letters...

CONTENTS Japanese-Russian War, Spring 1904 1904: Return from Korea - Divorce 1905: "Spray" Cruise - Glen Ellen from Napa - Hospital, and Summer at Glen Ellen End of 1905. 1906. Second Marriage; Lecture Trip 1906: Jamaica, Cuba, Florida, New York City 1906. Chicago; Return to Oakland; Glen Ellen; Great Earthquake End 1906. 1907/8/9. "Snark" Voyage 1907/8/9. Return from "Snark" Voyage End 1909. 1910. Return from "Snark" Voyage End 1910. Yacht "Roamer" Coaching-Trip, 1911 Around Cape Horn, 1912 The Bad Year, 1913 1914: New York; Mexico; "Roamer" 1915: "Roamer"; Return to Hawaii; Glen Ellen 1916:...

Charmian Kittredge was Jack London's second wife. She was fearless and game for any adventure and Jack found her a comrade and encouraged her own writing which she started before she met him. They first visited and fell in love with Hawaii with the Snark during their trip of 1907-09. Years later and following Jack's failing health, Charmian persuaded him to spend long periods in Hawaii during 1915 and 1916, the last two years of his life. In this book Charmian wrote about their life and experiences in Hawaii including a week stay in the the leper colony of Molokai, the subject of some of Jack...