JACK LONDON: THE UNPUBLISHED AND
UNCOLLECTED ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

Daniel J. Wichlan's new book Jack London: The Unpublished and Uncollected Articles and Essays has just been released. The book offers a collection of London's rarest nonfiction writing which is either published for the first time anywhere; published in the United States for the first time; or reprinted for the first time in almost 100 years.

Several of these articles made their public debut on "The World of Jack London" website. Now, they and other articles are available for the first time in book form.

These articles provide new insight into London's motivation for becoming a Socialist; the evolution of his thinking on race; how his fictional heroines were constructed; and the genesis of The Call of the Wild.

The book may be purchased online at amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or authorhouse.com. It can also be ordered from your local bookstore. The book is available in either a paperback (ISBN 9781434332844) or hardcover (ISBN 9781434332851) edition.

(Note: At the time of this notice, AuthorHouse.com has the lowest price.)

The reviews by Earle Labor and Dale L. Walker respectively are:

"Notwithstanding the renaissance of Jack London studies during the past generation, we would be mistaken in thinking there have been no important aspects of this great author's work still unexplored. The publication of Dan Wichlan's impressive edition of London's hitherto unpublished and uncollected nonfiction makes clear what we have been missing—filling a major gap in our understanding of this extraordinarily complex author. Particularly noteworthy in this collection is the interrelationship between London's nonfiction and his fiction—and the demonstration of how both these genres were vitally related not only to each other but also to the author's personal experiences. Wichlan's book is a 'must read' for all London scholars and serious fans."

—Earle Labor, Wilson Professor of American Literature at Centenary College of Louisiana, has published several books on Jack London, including the Stanford Editions of London's letters and short stories. He is currently finishing a biography of London for Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Publishers.

"At last, over 90 years since the author's death, the path is open to the last unexplored area of Jack London studies. Dan Wichlan's book, hard-won over many years of patient search and meticulous research, brings together for the first time all of London's heretofore uncollected short nonfiction. These pieces appeared in fugitive newspapers and magazines, most of them short-lived, virtually all long ago defunct, have never before appeared in book form and are, therefore, available to the general reader for the first time. Moreover, Wichlan has even uncovered and included in this collection heretofore unpublished London works. The result is a book of surpassing importance in better understanding this vital figure of American literature."

—Dale L. Walker is editor of In a Far Country: Jack London's Tales of the West; Curious Fragments: Jack London's Tales of Fantasy Fiction; No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writing and Writers, and author of many other London works.

Dan Wichlan is a retired business executive who spent much of his professional career with Bank of America and Charles Schwab & Co. in the information technology field. He is also a lifelong independent London scholar who has spent much of his discretionary time over the last 24 years collecting the complete nonfiction of Jack London. Many of these works do not appear in any bibliography and previously existed only as manuscripts or microfilm copies of newspaper and magazine articles. His book, Jack London: The Unpublished and Uncollected Articles and Essays makes these writings available to London scholars and aficionados for the first time.

Dan has been active in the academic London community for over a decade. He first presented "The Complete Nonfiction of Jack London — Research Methodology and Findings" at the Popular Culture Association in Las Vegas, Nevada in March 1996. He has also presented papers at the Biennial Jack London Symposiums.

His other publications include:

"Language of the Tribe - Jack London's Evolved Views on Race"

Jack London Journal, Number 2, 1995.

"The Nonfiction of Jack London - Scope and Significance"

Jack London Foundation Newsletter, October 1, 2003, v. 15, no. 4.

The Fiction of Jack London: A Chronological Bibliography, 2^nd Edition

Co-edited with Dale L. Walker which is pending publication.

The Complete Poetry of Jack London - to be published in fall 2007

The Uncollected Letters and Interviews of Jack London — to be published in winter 2007

Dan received the 2005 Jack London Foundation "Man of the Year" Award and his research at The Huntington Library was sponsored by Earle Labor, the country's leading London scholar. He is a member of the Jack London Society and the Jack London Foundation.