Literature of the Americas Literature of the Americas 2541-7894 2542-243X IWL RAS https://www.doi.org/10.22455/2541-7894-2018-4-72-77 Articles On the Margins of Jack London Biography 2018 Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The paper is devoted to Jack London’s last two years of life (1915–1916). The author points to one of the possible important factors that led the writer to premature death from kidney disease – self-medication without consulting doctors. The article is a complement to the recently published Russian biography of London (2017). It is based on materials that are not included in the book, but are of interest to researchers, important for creating a balanced and complete biography of the writer. 1. Balthrope, R. Jack London. [Jack London] Moscow: Progress Publ., 1981. (In Russ.) 2. Haley, J.M. Wolf. The Lives of Jack London. New York: Basic Books, 2011. 3. London, Ch. The Book of Jack London: 2 vols. Vol. II. New York: The Century Co., 1921. 4. 5. Stone, I. Moriak v sedle.[A Sailor on Horseback] Moscow: Kniga Publ., 1984. (In Russ.) 6. Tanaseichuk, A. Jack London: Odinochnoe plavanie. [Jack London: Solitary Voyage] Moscow: Molodaia gvardia Publ., 2017. (In Russ.)