AEGIS OF THE CLASS OF DECEMBER 1916 OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL for Sale

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AEGIS OF THE CLASS OF DECEMBER 1916 OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL For Sale

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AEGIS OF THE CLASS OF DECEMBER 1916 OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL:
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The Aegis of the Class of December 1916, Oakland High School

Author: Oakland High School
Title: The Aegis of the Class of December 1916, Oakland High School
Publication: Oakland High School, 1916

Description:

Oakland High School yearbook, with photos of Jack London\'s daughter, Joan London. Jack London Biographies note that Joan London, born in 1901 attended Oakland High School. Uncommon.

London married Elizabeth Mae (or May) \"Bessie\" Maddern on April 7, 1900, the same day The Son of the Wolf was published. Bess had been part of his circle of friends for a number of years. She was related to stage actresses Minnie Maddern Fiske and Emily Stevens. Stasz says, \"Both acknowledged publicly that they were not marrying out of love, but from friendship and a belief that they would produce sturdy children.\"[32] Kingman says, \"they were comfortable together... Jack had made it clear to Bessie that he did not love her, but that he liked her enough to make a successful marriage.\"[33]
London met Bessie through his friend at Oakland High School, Fred Jacobs; she was Fred\'s fiancée. Bessie, who tutored at Anderson\'s University Academy in Alameda California, tutored Jack in preparation for his entrance exams for the University of California at Berkeley in 1896. Jacobs was killed aboard the Scandia in 1897, but Jack and Bessie continued their friendship, which included taking photos and developing the film together.[34] This was the beginning of Jack\'s passion for photography.
During the marriage, London continued his friendship with Anna Strunsky, co-authoring The Kempton-Wace Letters, an epistolary novel contrasting two philosophies of love. Anna, writing \"Dane Kempton\'s\" letters, arguing for a romantic view of marriage, while London, writing \"Herbert Wace\'s\" letters, argued for a scientific view, based on Darwinism and eugenics. In the novel, his fictional character contrasted two women he had known.[citation needed]
London\'s pet name for Bess was \"Mother-Girl\" and Bess\'s for London was \"Daddy-Boy\".[35] Their first child, Joan, was born on January 15, 1901, and their second, Bessie \"Becky\" (also reported as Bess), on October 20, 1902. Both children were born in Piedmont, California. Here London wrote one of his most celebrated works, The Call of the Wild.
While London had pride in his children, the marriage was strained. Kingman says that by 1903 the couple were close to separation as they were \"extremely incompatible\". \"Jack was still so kind and gentle with Bessie that when Cloudsley Johns was a house guest in February 1903 he didn\'t suspect a breakup of their marriage.\"[36].

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Subject: Ephemera, Western Americana

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