Claim: The Alaska Kid is based on American novelist, Jack London's 1912 short story anthology, Smoke Bellew.
Evidence: The Alaska Kid is a 1991 German-Russian-Polish television miniseries, based on Jack London's 1912 short story anthology, Smoke Bellew. John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.