![]() The story, which was reprinted widely, precipitated Chaney’s skipping town (the lynch mob may have precipitated the idea), and London’s potential but reluctant father fled to Oregon, followed by St. She refused, and two unsuccessful suicide attempts followed-grist for the mill of San Francisco’s then fledgling Chronicle. When she announced her pregnancy-the paternity of which in the days prior to DNA testing was impossible to ascertain-he demanded she have it aborted. William Chaney, an astrologer originally from Maine, had taken up with Wellman, a spiritualist and free-love advocate from a well-to-do Ohio family, in 1874. The June 4, 1875, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle detailed the sordid, sensational story of his mother’s despair and degradation at the hands of her unofficial husband and the boy’s unverified father. Though as yet unformed and unnamed, London had become a kind of celebrity months prior to his arrival. ![]() Jack London was born in San Francisco to Flora Wellman on January 12, 1876.
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