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3 unusual facts about Anna Strunsky


A Daughter of the Snows

Her name echoes that of his mother, Flora Wellman, though her inspiration has also been said to include London's friend Anna Strunsky.

Anna Strunsky

In 1906 Anna and her sister Rose joined American socialist William English Walling in Russia as correspondents for his revolutionary news bureau.

Anna and her sister Rose became leading members of the turn of the 20th century San Francisco intellectual scene, part of a radical group of young Californian writers and artists known as "The Crowd" that included Jack London, Jim Whitaker, George Sterling, and others.



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