Joan London (American writer)
- Joan London (American writer)
Joan London (1901–1971) was the eldest daughter of Jack and Bess London, his first wife. She was the author of "Jack London and His Times", a biography of her father. Her other works include "Sylvia Convtry", "Jack London and his Daughters" [ISBN 978-0930588441] (an unfinished memoir), and "So Shall Ye Re
César Chávez & the California Farm Workers Movement" (co-authored by Henry Anderson) [ISBN 978-0815202851] . She died of throat cancer in 1971, at the age of 70 [cite web |url=http://www.jacklondons.net/writings/Bykov/ihs_chapter27.html |title=In the Steps of Jack London (Chapter 27) |accessdate=2007-07-14 |last=Bykov |first=Dr. Vil |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2004 |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] . She was cremated; her son was instructed to throw her ashes into the ocean, but could not bring himself to do it, and so buried them in Yosemite.
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* [http://www.jack-london.net Inheritors of a Legend] about Joan London and the Jack London heritage
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