Joan London (American writer)

[1] The daughters enjoyed a comfortable middle-class childhood, with music, dance and drama lessons.

Nonetheless, Joan in particular suffered from an ongoing conflict because Bess refused to allow the girls to visit Jack on his ranch.

She supported herself through public speaking around the country, her usual topics her Father or on Socialist themes.

Twentieth Century Fox hired her to write publicity for its movie based on her father's The Call of the Wild, and invited her to the set.

[6] Returning to the San Francisco Bay area, Joan met a fellow committed to Trotskyism, Barney Mayes.

Waterfront leader Harry Bridges threatened their lives for being against his tactics, and later accused them of being anti-working class and against the Soviet Union.

She continued to be active in the Berkeley branches of the Communist Party USA, then aligned with the Allies during WWII.

She co-authored So Shall Ye Reap: The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement with Henry Anderson.

[11] They provide an early history of the movement, beginning with Father Thomas McCullough and Ernesto Galarza.

Her son Bart Abbott ensured the posthumous publication of her memoir Jack London and his Daughters.