The Jack London family, including grandmother Eliza London Shepard and father Irving Shepard; memories of growing up on the London "Beauty" Ranch and of Charmian Kittredge London; London daughters Joan Abbot and Becky London; the controversy surrounding the London estate and London's alleged suicide; London biographers, including Irving Stone and Sailor on Horseback; London scholarship; history of the Jack London Ranch and London's agrarian dream; development of Jack London State Park; issues of development and conservation in Sonoma County; running the London vineyards in the 21st century.

recording of an interview with Milo Shephard conducted by Waring Jones and Earle Labor, July 27, 1998. Shelved as Phonotape 3422 C:1-2.