The Jack London story and the Beauty Ranch
By: Milo Shepard ; with an introduction by Earle Labor. Interviews conducted by Caroline C. Crawford in 2000. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Crawford, Caroline; Hodson, Sue.; Reesman, Jeanne Campbell.; Jones, Waring.; Tavernier-Courbin, Jacqueline.; Jones, Waring.; Labor, Earle, 1928-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2001
Subjects: London, Jack, 1876-1916.; London, Charmian.; London family.; London, Jack 1876-1916 -- Homes and haunts -- California.; Stone, Irving, 1903-; Beauty Ranch (Calif.); Jack London State Historic Park (Calif.)
Description: The Jack London family, including grandmother Eliza London Shepard and father Irving Shepard; memories of growing up on the London "Beauty" Ranch and of Charmian Kittredge London; London daughters Joan Abbot and Becky London; the controversy surrounding the London estate and London's alleged suicide; London biographers, including Irving Stone and Sailor on Horseback; London scholarship; history of the Jack London Ranch and London's agrarian dream; development of Jack London State Park; issues of development and conservation in Sonoma County; running the London vineyards in the 21st century.

recording of an interview with Milo Shephard conducted by Waring Jones and Earle Labor, July 27, 1998. Shelved as Phonotape 3422 C:1-2.