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I am ... only just now beginning my first feeble attempts at building a house for myself. That is to say, I am chopping down some redwood trees and leaving them in the woods to season against such a time, two or three years hence, when they will be used in building the house. Jack London Feb. 3, 1911

Feeble is not a word that comes to mind when one thinks of Jack London. He never approached anything in a feeble manner: not his work as a writer, or his adventures as an oyster thief, seaman, world traveler or hobo. In every respect, he was larger than life and the home he was constructing; his Wolf House was no exception; it reflected the outsized nature of the man himself.

For over two years from 1911-1913, London poured his time, money, imagination, and labor into building Wolf House. Already one of the most famous and popular writers in the world, London wanted to create a home that would reflect his stature. He succeeded in having it built, but would never live in it.

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