#OTD in 1897.
The writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush, where he will write his first successful stories.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
Books by Jack London at PG: