Career
In 1931, he left San Francisco in search of inspiration. In 1933, after traveling the United States for roughly two years, he bought a small house in Crescent City, California, near modern day Pelican Bay State Prison. On May 22, 1939, he and two other men took a small fishing vessel out to sea.
The following morning Pierce, and one of the two crew-mates, was found dead on a nearby beach.
The circumstances and cause of Pierce"s death remains a mystery. Jacksen Pierce was born at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center on November 24, 1894.
