Western youth: born into the underclass (1875-88)
Desperado: wharf rat, oyster pirate, road kid (1889-92)
Young adventurer: Pacific sailor and American tramp (1892-4)
Epic stampede: from student to Klondike gold rusher (1894-8)
Writer at work: early success, love, marriage (1898-1902)
The call of the wild: celebrity, war, divorce, fame, remarriage (1903-6)
To build a boat: the Snark voyage, Hawaii, the South Seas (1907-9)
Back to the land: Beauty Ranch and California (1909-12)
Cosmos mariner: final travels and last day (1912-16).