Jack London
"Jack London
January 12 1876 - NOvember 22, 1916
Oakland's famed native son was the noted author of 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Sea Worl', and 'South Sea Tales'. He was at various times a sailor, Alaskan gold minor, salmon fisher, and longshoreman.
For a time he was politically involved in making socialist speeches and served as a war correspondent at different perios in the far east and Mexico.
Dedicated at Jack London Square
by the Joaquin Murrieta Cahpter
E Clampus Vitus
April 16, 1977"