. The photo was taken in Oakland in April 1907, as the Londons prepared to embark on a round-the-world cruise. After coaching at the University of California in 1904, Hopper was sent to the
Philippines, by the ''
McClure's'' magazine, to write a new book. When they returned to the United States, Hopper joined the McClure's staff in San Francisco. He then became a reporter for
The San Francisco Call at the time of the
1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1907, he and his wife moved to
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where his good friend, George Sterling, had established "Bohemia-by-the Sea". There he rented a cottage on Dolores and 9th Avenue, by the beach where he published stories that he hoped to sell to magazines. In 1913, Hopper and his wife purchased George Sterling's cottage, when Sterling returned to San Francisco. The house burned down in 1924 and he rebuilt it on the same site with thermotite cement blocks, a locally produced fireproof building material. In 1938, Hopper sold the house to John P. Gilbert and his wife, the parents of Mrs. Ungaretti. He was also friends with writer
Frederick R. Bechdolt. Together, they wrote the fictional novel
9009 about the condition of American prisons and the need for reform. When he left Carmel he returned to Oakland to write stories of his Philippine adventures for
Sunset and other magazines. Hopper gained United States citizenship in 1917. During
World War I, he worked as a correspondent for ''
Collier's'' magazine. At the end of the war, he became a full-time Carmel resident. He was active at the
Forest Theater and the
Abalone League in Carmel. During the
Great Depression in the United States, he served in the
WPA's Federal Writers' Project as a state director and later as the northern regional director. ==Death==