by Dr. Dennis E. Hensley
Jack London (1876-1916) never actually worked as a magazine editor. However, his second wife, Charmian Kittredge London, was the niece of Roscoe Eames, editor of the once-prestigious Overland Monthly. Eames purchased a few freelance pieces from Charmian, including a feature she wrote about Jack London before they were married. Eames also bought several short stories of London’s to publish in Overland Monthly, including “To the Man on Trail,” “In a Far Country,” “The Priestly Prerogative,” and “The Men of Forty Mile.”
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