NOVEMBER 22nd On this day in 1916, noted author Jack London died of kidney failure, at the age of 40, in Glen Ellen, California. Known as one of the best writers to capture the last wild frontier of Alaska, Jack London published his first stories in 1899, and eventually produced over 50 volumes of short stories, novels, and political essays. His 1903 novel, The Call of the Wild, about a domestic dog that joins an Alaskan wolf pack, reflected...