Jack London character is based on Hawaiian leper Kaluaikoolau, who in 1893 revolted and resisted capture from forces of the Provisional Government of Hawaii in the Kalalau Valley. An amateur boxer and avid boxing fan, London reported on the 1910 Johnson–Jeffries fight, in which the black boxer Jack Johnson vanquished Jim Jeffries, known as the "Great White Hope". In 1908, London had reported on an earlier fight of Johnson's, contrasting the black boxer's coolness and intellectual style, with the apelike appearance and fighting style of his Canadian opponent, Tommy Burns, 'what . . . [won] on Saturday was bigness, coolness, quickness, cleverness,
The Great White Wonder and the album is "their valentine to rock & roll." In his "New York Times" review of the album, Milo Miles calls the band "a potent, ingenious rock-and-roll band" and comments on the album's "bright vocal harmonies and guitar-pumped melodies of mid-60's pop". All songs written by Steve Gregory unless otherwise noted. The Great White Wonder The Great White Wonder is the second full-length album by the Welsh band The Pooh Sticks. The album was released in June 1991 and is the band's final album release on an independent label before signing to RCA Records in 1992. The album features