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Jack London's "dream-ranch" ... today a state park. (Jack London State Historic Park, California)

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Date: 19870201
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Jack London's "dream-ranch' . . . today a state park

"I am building my dream-house on mydream-ranch,' wrote Jack London in 1911. He had already acquired 1,100 acres near the northern California twon of Sonoma, and work was underway on his four-story mansion. He was just 35 years old, but by then he was the country's highest paid author, and one of its most prolific.

The theme behind many of his novels--strong men battling against fate--also played through his life. He had fought his way up from poverty, but ranch costs consumed the earnings from his books (some 53) and ...

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