Editing Jack London (section)

== Second marriage ==
[[File:Londons surfing in hawaii.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Jack and Charmian London (c. 1915) at [[Waikiki]]]]

After divorcing Maddern, London married [[Charmian London|Charmian Kittredge]] in 1905. London had been introduced to Kittredge in 1900 by her aunt [[Netta Eames]], who was an editor at ''Overland Monthly'' magazine in San Francisco.  The two met prior to his first marriage but became lovers years later after Jack and Bessie London visited Wake Robin, Netta Eames' Sonoma County resort, in 1903.  London was injured when he fell from a buggy, and Netta arranged for Charmian to care for him.  The two developed a friendship, as Charmian, Netta, her husband Roscoe, and London were politically aligned with socialist causes.  At some point the relationship became romantic, and Jack divorced his wife to marry Charmian, who was five years his senior.<ref>Labor 2013</ref>

Biographer Russ Kingman called Charmian "Jack's soul-mate, always at his side, and a perfect match."<!--https://web.archive.org/web/18990101080101/http://www.jacklondons.net/charmianpage.html for now, better reference later--> Their time together included numerous trips, including a 1907 cruise on the yacht ''[[The Cruise of the Snark|Snark]]'' to Hawaii and Australia.<ref>"The Sailing of the Snark", by [[J. Allan Dunn|Allan Dunn]], ''Sunset'', May 1907.</ref> Many of London's stories are based on his visits to Hawaii, the last one for 10&nbsp;months beginning in December 1915.{{sfn|Day|1996|pp=113–19}}

The couple also visited [[Goldfield, Nevada|Goldfield]], Nevada, in 1907, where they were guests of the Bond brothers, London's Dawson City landlords. The Bond brothers were working in Nevada as mining engineers.

London had contrasted the concepts of the "Mother Girl" and the "Mate Woman" in ''The Kempton-Wace Letters''. His pet name for Bess had been "Mother-Girl"; his pet name for Charmian was "Mate-Woman".<ref>{{harvnb|London|2003|p=59}}: copy of "John Barleycorn" inscribed "Dear Mate-Woman: You know. You have helped me bury the Long Sickness and the White Logic." Numerous other examples in same source.</ref> Charmian's aunt and foster mother, a disciple of [[Victoria Woodhull]], had raised her without prudishness.{{sfn|Kingman|1979|p=124}} Every biographer alludes to Charmian's uninhibited sexuality.{{sfn|Stasz|1999|p=112}}{{sfn|Kershaw|1999|p=133}}

[[File:StateLibQld 1 165259 Snark (ship).jpg|thumb|The ''Snark'' in Australia, 1921]]

Joseph Noel calls the events from 1903 to 1905 "a domestic drama that would have intrigued the pen of an [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]].... London's had comedy relief in it and a sort of easy-going romance."{{sfn|Noel|1940|p=146}} In broad outline, London was restless in his first marriage, sought extramarital sexual affairs, and found, in Charmian Kittredge, not only a sexually active and adventurous partner, but his future life-companion. They attempted to have children; one child died at birth, and another pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Dale|editor-last1=Walker |editor-first2=Jeanne|editor-last2=Reesman |title=No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writers and Writing|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kU7CjupoZGsC&pg=PA213 |chapter=A Selection of Letters to Charmain Kittredge |date=1999 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0804736367 |access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref>

In 1906, London published in ''[[Collier's Weekly|Collier's]]'' magazine his eye-witness report of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]].<ref>[https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24206 Jack London "Story Of An Eyewitness"]. California Department of Parks & Recreation.</ref>