H18.555

Newspaper printed on tapa. Date May 30, 1908, with article referring to Jack London's visit to Fiji, in the "Snark" "Newspaper printed on tapa. Date May 30, 1908, with article referring to Jack London's visit to Fiji, in the `Snark.' Suva, Fiji Islands." (warehouse card) "Excellent quality--ink still very dark and tapa light and smooth. Bottom is fringed and edges hand cut." (John Barker, 12/94) "The Fiji Times on one large sheet of white `masi', four pages of text. Note illustrations in this issue." (Roger Rose, 4/95) Bibliography: The Beginnings of Oakland, California A.U.C. by Peter Thomas Conmy; Oakland Public Library, 1961 Jack London, famous writer, was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876 but was raised in Oakland. Here he obtained his grammar and high school education and one year of college at the University of California in Berkeley. Although his writings reflect the background of the sea and the Orient, many of them have Oakland and its waterfront as their setting. He was influenced greatly as a youth by Ina Coolbrith, Librarian of the Oakland Public Library. He died on November 22, 1916.