A worn American flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes, made for and carried by Jack London during the Russo-Japanese War

Flag made for and carried by Jack London (1876–1916) during the Russo-Japanese War
1899
Macmillan Company Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division

Flag made for and carried by Jack London (1876–1916) during the Russo-Japanese War

Jack London carried this flag while he reported on the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), as Russia and Japan fought to establish control of the Korean peninsula. The flag’s 13 stars denote the 13 colonies that declared independence from Great Britain and became the first states of the Union. Made by a Korean for London, the flag’s significance as a symbol of independence and fortitude would not have been lost on either the maker or the carrier. “Jack London” was the pen name of John Griffith Chaney, whose celebrated novels The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) explore self-realization and the struggle for survival in the American wilderness.

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