Jack London, studying at Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, 1886, Oakland, California. As a schoolboy, London often studied at Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, a port-side bar in Oakland. At 17, he confessed to the bar's owner, John Heinold, his desire to attend university and pursue a career as a writer. Heinold lent London tuition money to attend college. (Heinold's First and Last Chance, tiny little saloon still exists in what is now Jack London Square, Oakland, on the Bay. rw)
