When Buck is stolen from his kind family, he must quickly learn a new set of survival rules as he is taken away to the gold-crazed North by unsavory men. Original.
A classic novel of adventure, drawn from London's own experiences as a Klondike adventurer, relating the story of a heroic dog, who, caught in the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in man's world ...
The book's great popularity and success made a reputation for London. As early as 1923, the story was adapted to film, and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations.
About the book The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush-a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand.
The story was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the summer of 1903; it was published a month later in book form. The book's great popularity and success made a reputation for London.
Jack London. Strictly speaking, The Call is not a novel but a poem informed by the rhythms of epic and myth. The basic pattern of its action derives from a motif of immemorial antiquity: the Myth of the Hero. The call to adventure, ...
The Call of the Wild
Bring The Classics To Life. These novels have been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. Key words are defined and used in context.
... The Borrowers Christine Nostlinger : Conrad the Factory - Made Boy Robert C. O'Brien : Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ; Z for Zachariah Scott O'Dell : Island of the Blue Dolphins George Orwell : Animal Farm Grey Owl : Sejo and.
Henry , ' said the other , munching with deliberation the beans he was eating , ' did you happen to notice the way them dogs kicked up when I was a - feedin ' ' em ? ' ' They did cut up more'n usual , ' Henry acknowledged .
In Children of the Frost 37–49. “The League of the Old Men.” In Children of the Frost 231–61. “Like Argus of the Ancient Times.” 1917. In The Red One 89–141. “Li Wan, the Fair.” 1902. In Children of the Frost 201–30. “Love of Life.
And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead. All that stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain ...
Buck is a four-year-old shepherd dog, living the pampered life of an estate dog. His life changes when he is kidnapped and sold into service during the Klondike gold rush, where he is made to haul heavy sleds through the deep snow fields.
'The Call of the Wild' is the story of Buck, a domestic dog stolen, sold as a sled dog and forced to endure the brutal work and competition with the other dogs to be leader of the pack.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Call of the Wild
Not only does this edition include the complete, unabridged text, it is also full of extra material to help you get the most from the story and gives lots of recommendations for other adventures you might enjoy.
A new, beautifully laid-out, easy-to-read edition of Jack London's 1903 classic.
The Call of the Wild
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.