*The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.* [*Jack London*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1240.Jack_London?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) July 25, 1897: On this day, Jack London set sail to join the Klondike Gold Rush. He would develop scurvy and lose his front teeth in the harsh conditions, but the experience would also inspire him to write the first of his successful fiction.