Jack London wrote a story "The Handsome Cabin Boy" which was published in 1899. He wrote it during the time he was in the Klondike and between Klondike stories "To the Man on Trail" and "Son of the Wolf." I've no idea how his inspiration was related, or even it it was, to this song.
Jack London wrote a story "The Handsome Cabin Boy" which was published in 1899. He wrote it during the time he was in the Klondike and between Klondike stories "To the Man on Trail" and "Son of the Wolf." I've no idea how his inspiration was related, or even it it was, to this song.